"They eat the parents first."After surviving a war that devastated society, Giselle has spent the last twenty years helping her village thrive. But when an injured stranger arrives, claiming supernatural creatures are hypnotizing children and devouring adults, she isn't sure how to respond. Is he lost and delusional? Or a marauding criminal with great acting skills?The man says these monsters destroyed his own colony, so Giselle and her team head there to investigate. They're bracing for the worst, but even in a world ravaged by chemical warfare and plagued by ferocious mutant beasts, they aren't prepared for the horror revealed by the truth about the mysterious stranger.Packed with suspense and eerie atmosphere, this novelette is part one of the TOMORROW CRY duology.