When the World Ends... by J.J. Marshall is an action-packed thriller of a book. The main character is Alec Corbett, the son of a hated official named Landon Corbett. The Corbetts live upon a space station called the ISS halfway between Earth and the moon. On the ISS, people are judged by where they live. On Level 1, people are thought to be dirty and plebian. On Level 3, the people are thought to be dignified. Alec lives on Level 3, but has a friend on Level 1 that his dad will not let him talk to. Landon is evil, and he doesn't like the people on Level 1.

Alec Corbett took one look at the document and knew he needed to act, and act fast.  Living with his father on the International Space Station, the ISS, had never been fun; Landon Corbett was a member of the Board of Officials, a group that pretty much dictates humanity, and had become completely heartless during his membership.  Angry with his father, Alec finds plans that the Board, specifically Landon, made to murder thousands of people.  They wanted to make it look like they were helping the unfortunate humans living on the devastated Earth; Alec realizes that it is time

The story is mainly about the earth and how the rays from the sun are destroying it. People are struggling with life. Special UAV light shields are placed around cities to block the rays from messing up people skin. Time by time they send a shuttle to the moon so they can begin life there because the Earth is soon coming to an end.

A young teenage boy named Alec Corbett, the complete opposite of his serious father, is stationed in living quarters at an ISS base. They both live there for the current moment. While he and his very-difficult-to-live-with father are at the top of the "food chain," there's more going on than they see. Down on the lower levels, a rebellion may be forming. Opposed to the President's and his father's choices about who lives where, the food and water supply, and everything thing else they make decisions about, Alec one day decides to go to a lower level.

When the World Ends, By J. J. Marshall

It's the beginning of the 22nd Century and the Earth is all but destroyed. An alien organism from a failed mission has destroyed the planet's ozone has made life impossible. A  small part of humanity has gone into space and moon bases on the Moon. The ones that remain on Earth are stuck in giant spheres to protect them from radiation.