The book “Almost Died to Survive” opens the cycle of novels “Fools and Heroes.”
We are presented with a far future. Earth has become a bargaining chip in the war between two alien civilizations. For the sneggers and vufonders, people are like mice annoying in a house that the invaders have chosen for themselves. The nightmarish creatures bred by the invaders specifically to “cleanse” planets wiped out most of Earth’s population. But some people survived. Having built fortifications on the surface of Earth and founded colonies in space, they wage what seems to be an pointless struggle against powerful conquerors.
Who are these people—fools or heroes? Don’t rush to answer. When it seems there’s no chance left and further resistance is useless, fate itself hands the fighters weapons capable of bringing down an enemy of any strength.