Akkad - Book 1

To save humanity from a mortal threat, an unscrupulous scientist
conducts a dangerous experiment on five teenagers, hoping to turn
them into weapons. Volume 1 of 2. In the near future, Earth is
falling to a catastrophic alien invasion: giant beetle-like creatures
emerge without warning from spatio-temporal rifts, wipe out resistant
in a certain zone, then seal it behind a completely impenetrable
barrier. Entire sections of the planet have already been lost
forever. With conventional weaponry powerless, the USA authorise a
program that will turn five teenagers into pure geniuses. Will the
test subjects find a defence, though … or will they become out of
control themselves?