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

Tom and Brooke wove quietly through the darkened hallways of the base until they broke into the dimming light of the Surface.


"It's been a while since I have been out here. Although, I don't feel like I'm missing much," Brooke said as she peered into the twilight.


"It may not be much to look at now, but during sunrise and sunset it's quite spectacular."


"If you say so. It just looks like a bunch of clouds and dust to me. But it looks like the stars are coming out tonight. It's so odd how the clouds only hit in the daytime."


Tom shrugged. He never really thought about it before, but she was right. It was always cloudy during the day and almost always clear during the night.


She nodded. "Can you believe all of this used to be underwater?"


"Shh-" Tom hushed her and grabbed her hand. "The less we talk, the less likely we'll be found."


Chapter 127: Ready To Go