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

THE NEXT DAY passed quickly, and Teth found himself perched on the edge of his bed, unable to sleep. The cabin's overhead light hummed quietly. The old bedframe creaked slightly under Teth's weight. He shuddered as the air conditioning kicked in, passing cool air over the nape of his neck.


Is Eve still awake? Teth wondered. No, I shouldn't bother her.


He looked around his cabin once again, seeing nothing he hadn't passed his eyes over a thousand times already. The cold, uncaring metal walls; the too-thin mattress; the footlocker holding what few worldly possessions Teth could claim as his own. Slightly surprised, Teth found he would miss the cabin. True, it wasn't exactly a home, but the roof never leaked, the wind never howled under the window frames, and the dull roar of passing ships never sounded overhead. Teth had settled into a routine, one he didn't realize would mean so much to him at the end of his time on the Freedom.


Chapter 57