Super 8 meets Friday Night Lights in this smart and action-packed coming-of-age novel from the author of The End Games, T. Michael Martin.

Benji’s lived his whole life in the same sleepy midwestern town—the same town his father grew up in, and his grandfather. But he wants nothing more than to put his past in the rearview mirror as soon as he graduates high school. Benji yearns for a Moment—the Moment that will redeem and transform his ordinary life. The Moment that will propel him into a new, star-bright future. 

Then one night, the Moment happens: Benji and his tight group of friends—CR, Ellie, and Zeeko—accidentally shoot down a flying saucer in the local quarry. At Benji’s urging, they decide to keep it a secret and solve its mysteries on their own. But as they face threats both earthly and alien, and old tensions among the friends surface, Benji begins to question whether this Moment is the miracle he’s always dreamed of—or a curse that could destroy them all.

• Friends Keeping a Secret: The star quarterback, the filmmaker, the team trainer, and the magician mascot. They have the biggest secret on Earth, and it’s threatening to tear their lifelong friendship apart.
• Small Town Setting: Welcome to Bedford Falls, Indiana—a town where Friday night lights are everything and escaping seems impossible. But for Benji, CR, Ellie, and Zeeko, the real action is happening down at the old town quarry.
• Alien Invasion: When Benji and his friends accidentally shoot down a UFO, they trigger a series of events that brings threats both otherworldly and all too human to their doorstep.
• Friends to Lovers Romance: Benji has loved Ellie forever, but hiding an alien spacecraft while navigating senior year puts their changing relationship to the ultimate test.