Rebirth — Ray Jay Perreault

The invading aliens' scratching on the metal doors stopped. It stopped on the Aircraft Carrier Burlington, on the Command Ship in Pearl Harbor, on Mars, and it stopped outside the President's compound. The alien invasion has brought chaos and destruction to Earth. But amid the turmoil, Joan holds the greatest gift of all - the power for Earth's survivors to control the alien technology. However, her nemesis Julius has escaped with a stolen spaceship, leaving Joan and her AI partner SIMPOC scrambling to catch up. Meanwhile, society on Earth continues to crumble as warlords vie for control, and the President must contend with abandoned nuclear weapons and the search for his missing family.But when President Patterson directs Joan to explore space with her newfound abilities, she discovers even more danger lurking in the unknown. As aliens are found and enemies revealed, the ultimate showdown with Julius looms.