Ava Altair grew up reading fantasy and science fiction novels. She graduated from Florida Tech with a BS in Science Education – Physics and a minor in Computational Mathematics. She taught as an AP Physics teacher for five years in Florida. She now lives in Oregon, teaching horseback riding lessons and managing the stables with her mom. She enjoys hanging out and talking about science concepts and story ideas with her dad.

What it is to be human doesn't apply anymore. The surface of the Earth has been poisoned by years of abuse and now most life lives beneath the waves of the ocean. Over the last 500 years, humans have become fragmented and specialized by genetic manipulation, but two main factions exist in the Undersea. The hybrids, a race that continues to genetically modify themselves to climb the social ladder, and the humans, the unmodified organic race that makes up the lowest tier of society. 

Alex, a Delta Six hybrid, finds an unlikely companion in a human man, Jack, while on a mission to steal the Athena file. Alex withholds the file to elicit help from Jack and they set out on an adventure across the Surface. Their relationship is tenuous until a device mysteriously links them together. Now, running from Alphas, an elite group of hybrid assassins, Alex and Jack must weather the hostile surface of the planet to reach their common goal. They soon find they can't both have the thing they want most, but also can't seem to let each other go.

FLUX

Down, down she fell until she hit the boiling water. The steam made her eyes water. She plunged into it, afraid of being boiled alive, but it just felt warm. Alex swam upwards in the murky water. She surfaced to see Jack looking down at her, just the silhouette of his head against the ceiling, and then he disappeared. The bodies of the four Alphas rose to the top, face down and definitely dead.?The end of the other rope still hung down, she gave it a good yank and it didn't fall.


She started to climb. Again. Her muscles were already sore from doing this once. Stupid Jack. What was wrong with him? What an asshole. How could he do this to her? She brought him here. She upheld her end of the bargain. Damn it, if it weren't for her, he would still be getting raped by those creepy mole people.


She climbed higher and higher. Why? Just why?


Chapter 29: Betrayed, Part 1