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 sat in the pod with Lexi as it zoomed down the speedway towards the campaign dinner.


"Maya, you're a good girl, but I need you to be on your utmost best behavior tonight."


Lexi nodded. "Don't worry Dad, I know the drill."


For some reason, that didn't put him at ease. She was going to be out there tonight for everyone to see, not safely back at home. Wasn't he the one who came up with a family dinner night for all the employees in the first place? It was supposed to show that Henry was a family man. What was he thinking?


Jack grimaced. He was just running short on ideas lately and this proposal seemed to ring true with what voters wanted to see in their representatives. The press would be all over this place tonight and if they hit the predicted numbers, Jack was looking at another promotion. "Twice the pay and double the benefits," they had said. He gritted his teeth. He hoped this was worth the risk.


Chapter 130: Dinner, Part 1