Kitai's Journal

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Today is the biggest day of my life so far: the day I become a Ranger, one of the defenders of our planet, Nova Prime. At least, it better be. Sure, thirteen is young to make Ranger, but I’m not just some kid. I’m Kitai Raige, son of Cypher Raige, Commander General of Nova Prime and the greatest hero our planet has ever known. Seriously—he’s the first person to ever single-handedly kill an Ursa, the most perfect hunters of humans ever created. Makes sense, since they were bioengineered specifically to kill us. This alien race, the Skrel, hates us so much that they have been fine-tuning these monsters we call “Ursa” for centuries just to try to wipe us out. No one knows why—we’ve never gotten any communications from the Skrel, just the arrival of these killer beasts. The crazy thing is, the only way these Ursa can see us is by sensing our fear, since they have no eyes, and since fear is the one trait all humans share. Or, almost all. Not my dad. He literally has no fear. Really. That means he’s invisible to the Ursa, which means they can’t kill him. What he does, it’s called “ghosting,” and so far there are only seven people in the world who can do it. They’re the best protection our planet has, and my dad is the best of all of them.

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