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

Elaine took a breath and spoke again. "Thank you, everyone." She clicked the microphone off and stepped away from the podium, taking very deliberate steps. Then she did a very particular thing. She pulled some of the loose brown hair from her ponytail back over her ear.


Tom's stomach lurched. The guard behind him held him steady. To his left, the other men did the same thing. Elaine turned to look at their sudden movements then quickly glanced to the left at Dr. Grey. He nodded to her and she took a step towards them.


Tom's head throbbed. He pulled against the cuffs and tried to shove his body weight forward. The guard clutched his chains and held him in place. He had to get to her. The rest of the men thrashed as well as they fought to get free. The men dragged the guards forward, one step at a time. A deep driving force in Tom's gut wanted to tear her apart. He hated her. Every fiber of his body pulsed with burning hatred. He had to rid the world of her.


Chapter 65: Funeral, Part 2