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

Jack turned to Tom. "Follow these guys out to the pods. I have to go. Take good care of them."


Jack took off at full speed out of the room and down the corridor. Alert alarms blared through the ship. People milled through the hall finding the closest battle pod. The ship rumbled beneath his feet.


Elaine's voice rang over the speakers. "This is Captain Shultz. Please prepare for a rough ride. We are going to do some maneuvering. If you have gunner training, please go to your post. Everyone else, follow return lights to your cabin in case of an emergency escape launch. All those not in a cabin will be left to maneuver their section."


Jack hit the stairs and spun down them as fast he could. He jumped off at level three then slid open the door to his cabin.


"Do you have your pack?" He asked, a little winded in his panic.


"I thought we are supposed to stay in the cabin," Lexi said.


Jack shook his head. "We're not leaving without something with guns. Come on."


Chapter 66: Attack