Tate and his father donтАЩt exactly get along. As Tate sees it, his father has unreasonably high expectations for Tate to be the bestтАФat everything. Tate finally learns what heтАЩs being prepared for when he steals one of his dadтАЩs odd tech inventions and mercenaries ambush his school, killing his father and sending Tate on the run from aliens who look just like humans.
All Tate knowsтАФlike how to make weapons out of oranges and lighter fluidтАФmay not be enough to save him as heтАЩs plunged into a secret interspecies conflict thatтАЩs been going on for centuries. Aided only by his girlfriend and his estranged mother, with powerful enemies closing in on all sides, Tate races to puzzle out the secret behind his fatherтАЩs invention and why so many are willing to kill for it.
A riveting, fast-paced adventure, Scan is a clever alien thriller with muscle and heart.