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

TETH WAS EXHAUSTED long before he stopped his exercises. Sweat rolled from his brow to his chin as he alternated between sit-ups, push-ups, and lunges. His muscles screamed in protest, but he ignored them, pushing harder still.


Be stronger, he thought. Be faster. For her.


Teth tripped over his own shoelaces, smacking his ear against the ground. Pyra's small hand slipped from his grasp, but he was back on his feet in an instant. He turned, shouting in alarm as a burly man with an assault rifle scooped Pyra into his arms. A small, concentrated lightning bolt whizzed past Teth's ten-year-old eyes, puncturing the man's temple and sailing out the other side. He dropped Pyra, and Teth rushed to her side, wiping away the terrified tears from her cheeks.


"Run, Teth!" Jude, Teth's mother, shouted from the porch of the Winstead home. Two more men rushed around the side of the house, and Jude struck them down without a thought. "Protect your sister! Go!"


Chapter 45