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Set fifty-thousand years ago, the fourteen book Runners Series could be our story. In a world of non-speaking savages, where danger lurks around every corner, the first young humans must learn how to survive and thrive. Among them is Eve, a curious and creative girl who senses that she is special. She assumes she is destined to lead the tribe but the creator has another purpose for her. As she comes of age with her friends, they grapple with the challenges of living in a society with no rules or traditions. They must confront the animal instincts that still linger within them.

When the only rule is broken and murder comes to their perfect world, disaster follows. A daring rescue, true love, and a disturbing solution are all part of the ultimate reckoning. Follow these first humans as they grapple with issues of morality and mortality, and learn how to navigate the animal instincts still present within all of us.

Christopher MacDougall is a simple man, struggling with change and loss while providing for his family in 18th-century Edinburgh, Scotland. But when a stranger offers him the opportunity to earn more money, his life is flipped upside down. Unexplainable things begin to happen and what was once accepted as good fortune quickly turns to adversity.

Chip is confronted with a difficult decision as new evidence suggests that the Shadow Clan's power is expanding. He must decide whether to go back to Scotland to prove his innocence or begin a fresh start in the American Colonies. The question now is whether there is a safe place in the world where he can escape their influence.

After the first successful robbery of the World Bank, Pastor Tom fosters a Faith Movement while Bear and Ruth initiate a new life together, overcoming strongholds that seek to tear them apart. Zach and Li make their way northwest on a missionary journey, spreading the web of old style computers, and discovering that they can tame the wild forces around them. Neil Elder’s disturbing business enterprise is uncovered, and Randall’s pride forces him into the Colonies, but what he finds may cost him his life.

Ruth struggles to survive the rustic Colonies, and she must adjust to living with family she barely knows. However, her mother’s sickness and her brother’s protectiveness cannot deter the feelings she is forming for a retired fighter with a Ka'to Indian heritage and an abusive past. As Ruth begins to expose the World Government’s control tactics to divide the world into two factions, she finds her place as a simple seamstress with little understanding of rural life.

Eve Pallue’s façade of purpose falters when a near-death experience exposes the frailty of her existence, and she must come to grips with a reality that death ultimately wins. A hidden memory of a forgotten mother surfaces, and Eve’s bodyguard, Randall, takes advantage of her weakened state, trying to capture her devotion and lace her into his ambitious agenda. A dying therapist and her unlikely caretaker lead Eve on a journey of truth, and a catastrophic fire catapults Eve into a life she has always feared, destroying the only one she has ever known.