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

Can't you see? The Altered are not superior to anyone! Why, I was there personally when Drope took her last breath, and I have never heard a sound more beautiful.


-Ryan Bellows from his secure compound, April 1st, 2212 CE


Pyra's eyes eased open at the sound of Nift's voice. She lay in the hallway, several yards away from the room with the black armor. Nift, Atlas, Will, Miles, and two of her fighters loomed overhead, their whispers ceasing now that she was awake.


"What happened?" she asked. She propped herself up on her elbow. "Where are the Hunter Guards?"


"Dead," said Will. "Two of us went down in the fight."


Pyra twisted on the floor. There were their bodies, a few yards away. The first, a boy, had a bullet hole squarely in the center of his forehead. The other, a girl, stared slack-jawed into oblivion, clutching at her stomach, which was full of red splotches that pained her no more. 


"Dammit," Pyra said. "I'm sorry. That armorª"


Chapter 88