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 gestured the door open to the master bedroom. The door opened silently exposing a neatly made bed and closet. "I don't think it's too bad. Kind of cozy."


"It's more room than the cabin on the boat or the one at the Sanctuary. I even get my own bathroom. I won't have to clean up all the hair you leave around." Lexi sat heavily on his bed. "How do we go about getting food? Is there a cafeteria or something in the neighborhood that we all go to when we're hungry?"


"We have our own kitchen downstairs that we passed on the way up. We do the cooking ourselves."


Lexi arched an eyebrow. "Are you certified for that?"


Jack chuckled. "I'm a pretty good cook, just rusty. Don't worry, we'll order what we need and it will show up in that tube by the front door. And we need to get you registered for school."


Lexi frowned. "I don't want to hang out with a bunch of hybrids."


Chapter 91: Bubble Home