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

"THIS IS STUPID," Teth said. "Why isn't Rich with us?"


A flying scrap of paper caught against his heel. He brushed it away, sending it skittering beyond the alley, into the dark street.


"I may not care much for my old man," Lisha said, "but he's the only one the other cells will speak with. Even if he's not in harm's way, he's doing his part."


"Bet Cal could've figured them out," said Eve. "He was always good with that stuff."


Teth placed a hand on her shoulder. He hadn't forgotten the last, garbled message from Modesty's Revenge. He would make the Sovereignty pay, one way or another.


Two Hunter Guards and what looked like an officer passed by the mouth of the alley, all of them cradling rifles in their elbows. Had they glanced into the space between buildings, they only would have seen several garbage cans scattered haphazardly over the concrete. Teth held his breath, squeezing tightly against the wall behind one of the cans. 


Chapter 79