Akkad - Book 1

To save humanity from a mortal threat, an unscrupulous scientist conducts a
dangerous experiment on five teenagers, hoping to turn them into weapons.
Volume 1 of 2. In the near future, Earth is falling to a catastrophic alien
invasion: giant beetle-like creatures emerge without warning from spatio-
temporal rifts, wipe out resistant in a certain zone, then seal it behind a
completely impenetrable barrier. Entire sections of the planet have already
been lost forever. With conventional weaponry powerless, the USA authorise a
program that will turn five teenagers into pure geniuses. Will the test
subjects find a defence, though … or will they become out of control
themselves?