The Rising by Heather Graham and Jon Land

 

Alex Chin is the high school's IT guy.  He's the star quarterback, the prom king, the most popular guy in the school who can date any girl he wants.  He's the blonde haired, blue eyed guy that girls fantasize over although his parents are Chinese.  They have told Alex that he was adopted as a baby and he's never really thought about how unusual that is, Chinese parents adopting a Caucasian child.

Sam is definitely not in the popular crowd.  She's a math/science geek and she lives for the goal of someday being an astronaut.  She has a prestigious internship at a government lab nearby and she's just noticed some irregularities she wants to share there.  Sam is Alex's tutor and although she knows that's all it will be, she has a crush on him.

When Alex gets a concussion on the field one Friday night, he is taken to the hospital.  While there, although his recovery is rapid, some strange results come back from his tests.  His parents are hesitant to talk about it and Alex can't get anything from the doctors.  When he goes to see his doctor, he is dead and when he returns home, the same is true of his parents.  There are policemen everywhere but they seem android like and they are.  For Alex has a secret that even he doesn't know he carries and it could affect the fate of the world.  He and Sam hit the road, running from those who would kill them both without asking any questions.  

Heather Graham has written over two hundred books across a wide variety of genres.  Jon Land writes technothrillers and increasingly, murder mysteries.  Their partnership in this book has generated a story that moves fast and initiates the question of the existence of aliens and why they would be interested in Earth and its inhabitants.  This book is recommended for thriller readers.