(W) Mark Powers (A/CA) Chris Lie. A celestial race appears out of nowhere* drafting humanity into a galactic war. In an instant* the world is changed forever. Forcibly removed from their old lives and placed into battalions in which ethnicity* status* and gender have no meaning-and facing the common threat of extinction-the human race must unite as never before. Gabriel Contreras* a convenience store clerk* is placed in a unit that includes the former President of the United States. As he and his fellow soldiers struggle with their own emotional demons* they are thrust to the forefront of Earth's defense against a terrifying enemy: the World-Eaters-a species of colossal* predatory worms who exist only to consume and destroy. After pursuing man's benefactors across space* they have come to Earth in massive numbers. And they hunger...