Domination (A C.H.A.O.S. Novel)
How else to follow Invasion (2011) and Alienation (2012) but with even more dastardly aliens and bigger explosions? This trilogy ender finds 16-year-old Colt and his two friends fending off the onslaughts of the Thule in a series of set pieces tailor-made for video game fans making the jump to books. There is nothing too fresh about the hypermasculine characters and love triangle, but the Thule DNA slowly mutating Colt is one of the series’ most interesting touches, and the final battle with Koenig lives up to its top billing. Good noisy war stuff, especially for reluctant readers. Grades 7-10. --Daniel Kraus