Advent

All his life, Mark Fields has dreamed of joining the Defense Force to fight the vicious, alien Exlian, just like the rest of his renowned family. So far, he's ... a dishwasher, trapped in a dead-end job with no powers, no money, and even fewer friends. Then an encounter with a dying woman changes everything -- granting him the abilities he needs to join the training camps -- and his life finally feels like it's turning around, faster than a movie...