Alex Chin is a football superhero. Colleges are clamoring for him and the future looks bright, until an accident in the semi-finals sends him to the hospital Samantha Dixon, Alex’s tutor, is at the top of her class and she just got accepted to her dream internship with NASA. Her future at a great Ivy league college and career with NASA looks to be a sure thing. Everything changes at the hospital when Alex’s doctor and parents are murdered on the same day. Now, Alex is on the run. Samantha becomes involved when she went to check on Alex and saw his dead parents. Alex and Samantha must try to stay alive and find out why Alex is under attack. The answer may be connected to his adoption as a baby and why his birth parents abandoned him. Will Alex and Samantha discover the truth? What does NASA and the mysterious “Laboratory Z” have to do with anything? The Rising is a thrilling read filled with adventure and mystery. A great start to a new series.