Stefano Ferri - The Seventh Wave (Entertainment Program 248 Vol. 1) (2026)
Eight billion people heard the voice on the last night of the year. This world has been selected for Entertainment Program 248. Please remain where you are.
Richard Hale, a winger from Oxford, is not a soldier. At midnight, he and 1,249 strangers are taken to the desert and handed iron, shields and spears. Their orders: survive seventy-five minutes against an army of shadows that cannot bleed, cannot be bargained with, and never tires. If they fall, the dark will not stop at the sand.
Seven of them are chosen to carry something more: gifts from a Council that watches from beyond the sky, and plays by rules no one will explain. One of the Council has chosen Richard. She may be the only one who wants him to win.
The world is watching. The clock is running. And someone has to hold the line.
The Seventh Wave is the first book in the Entertainment Program 248 series.