First published in Italy in 2014 by Sergio Bonelli Editore S.p.A. under the title Orfani Nos. 4-6.
Summary:
"A devastating energy beam strikes the Earth, instantly killing a sixth of the world's population. Deemed to be a premeditated attack by aliens from a distant planet, a Serbian scientist named Jsana Juric and a Japanese army colonel named Takeshi Nakamura gather a group of orphaned children who survived the disaster to become lethal soldiers trained to invade the hostile planet in hopes of preventing a repeat attack. Divided into teams, the children get to know each other, and begin to understand that surviving the training will itself be a brutal test. Lives are sacrificed and difficult lessons are learned, all in the interest of turning children into hardened killing machines. One such impressionable child is Jonas..."--Amazon.com. The dramatic story of the deadly Orphans squad continues, focusing on the trials of their training as children paralleled with their conflict on the front line of the alien war planet. Seeds of discord from their past blossom into flowers of vengeance as horrible, conspiratorial secrets are revealed. This second volume of the popular series ends with a major twist revelation that will change the entire nature of the series.
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