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 leaned back in the pod's chair and rubbed his temples. All these meetings with people made it harder to stay on top of creating events. He was relying on his team now to come up with ideas. He was not really the idea man anymore. He was more like the man who approved and presented others' ideas. At least he had the board members in his pocket and Henry seemed to like him. He resisted a full body shudder. He'd been so good at pretending to be James up until now. He just had to keep on it. He wouldn't let Alex down.


Jack mulled over his current proposal to Henry in his mind as the pod zoomed along towards his neighborhood. He'd have to get Henry to agree to bring Alex to the debate, but how was he going to get her free?


The pod slowed and parked itself in the garage of his house. He walked up the stairs to the main room and found it empty. He looked around. Dinner appeared to be started, but Lexi was nowhere in sight.


Chapter 144: Doctor