Sea Dogs — R. Harris

It's February 1942 and the Japanese invasion of Singapore is in full-swing. With the Allied Forces being crushed under the sheer numbers of the Japanese Empire, the biggest military push in the city's modern history begins and ends at the Battle of Singapore, changing the lives of everyone caught in the fallout of the attack forever. Fortunately, in the midst of the chaos thousands of people were able to successfully flee the island and break away from terrifying destruction raging in the heart of the city. However, for one initially lucky group of students who find refuge escaping the island on a stowaway ship, their perceived salvation turns out to be a far greater life-changing experience than any world war. Escaping by way of sea, the group of international students quickly realise there's something dangerously wrong with their rescue ship. Veering off-course and leaking nuclear radiation as a result of being caught in the crossfire of a full-blown Japanese invasion, the contaminated vessel gifts the students with supernatural powers â€" powers that soon prove to be more of a burden than they're worth. As the ship makes an emergency stop on a remote Pacific island, the students struggle to adapt to their new surroundings, having to figure out a way to survive an imminent conflict that's emerging between them and the island's natives while also learning to grasp the immensity of their new magical abilities. However, as the tensions between the group and the natives escalate the students quickly realise that real danger always comes from within.