Isaac Hess lives in Greensboro, North Carolina with his family, three dogs, and evil cat. He likes to read, play video games, and watch movies when he’s not fending off ninjas or escaping alien spaceships. He currently attends Missouri State University and is also the author of The Altered Revenge series, Chomped, Speechless, and James Wallace, a novel for young adults.    

In a distant future of interstellar travel, planetary colonization, and rampant strife, super-powered humans once known as Altered are forced to live their lives in secrecy under a cruel new regime, the New Human Sovereignty. Now called Remnants, they must try to survive in the face of overwhelming forces. But there is hope. Teth and Pyra, two teenage siblings and Remnants, are getting by. Their lives aren't easy, but they manage to make do with what they have. When a simple mistake drives them apart, Teth must do whatever it takes to get his sister back. Royce, a new recruit in the Hunter Guard Corps., a task force designed to hunt down Remnants, is assigned to his first post. When he finds himself in opposition to his former allies, he is forced to find a way to survive with no powers and some very unlikely new friends. Eve, a Remnant from the desert planet Thirst, sets out on a quest for revenge against one of the most powerful men in the galaxy. Too little too late, she realizes she's in way over her head. On an icy planet in the middle of nowhere, Madlyn "Mad" and Taps Cobb are soldiers in the United Revolution, a rebellious force that stands against the authoritarian New Human Sovereignty. When they are ambushed, Madlyn is forced to make decisions which will determine the fate of her squad and the fate of the Revolution itself. Together or alone, they must face whatever comes at them. For family, for friends, for country, for revenge, or for their very survival.


The Altered Revenge

It's tough out here. Between the bugs, the heat, and the random ambushes, we don't get much sleep. My best friend and I shipped straight out here from Mars. She's buried over there, by the tree.


-Unknown CoCP soldier on De Finibus, March 4th, 2175 CE


BULLETS TORE THROUGH the Hunter Guard behind Royce as he dove to the side, covering his head. His ears rang over the deafening sound. The ground popped and sizzled as hundreds of tiny metal slugs flew overhead, piercing the other Hunter Guard's armor while Teth hobbled out of the way, one of his arms electrified.


Royce couldn't see any sign of Norse; he must have bolted. The gunfire stopped, and Royce looked up, his wounded arm aching fiercely. Both Hunter Guards were dead, blood and armor cluttered together in a crimson mess. Absently, Royce tugged a pistol from the nearest Hunter Guard's belt, checking the magazine and racking the slide without really looking.


Chapter 33