Seventeen years old. That's how long Clara has lived under her father's fists and the shadow of scrabs—earth-dwelling monsters tearing the world apart. When an international squad offers her a way out and a weapon, she takes it. Training is brutal. Muscles scream. Bodies drop. Scrabs don't follow patterns or mercy. They're violent, unpredictable, and they kill without hesitation. Clara learns this in blood and exhaustion, alongside teammates who might not survive the next mission. The work is harder than anything her father ever put her through. But for the first time, she's fighting back on her own terms. Then the clarity fractures. As Clara's skills sharpen, so does her vision. The scrabs are monsters, yes—but they're not the only ones. The real evil doesn't crawl from the earth. It wears a human face. It hides in plain sight. Amy Tintera's All These Monsters is a visceral examination of survival, the cost of violence, and the moment you realize the enemy isn't what you thought. This is YA with teeth—no soft landings, no easy answers. Just a girl, a choice, and the question of what makes something monstrous.