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

Lexi clutched her around her waist. Alex patted her back. "It's okay," Alex soothed. "Come on, Ellie. Show us the way."


Ellie moved forward slowly, carefully choosing her path. They must have both been scared, or maybe just scared for her. But this was war and fear didn't have its place if they wanted to stay alive. She concentrated hard on the sounds up ahead. She heard many battles being fought throughout the base, but nothing close to them.


They moved closer to the community room. Ellie led them up the stairs. Alex halted them as they approached the next level. She let out a whistling tune. The correct answer was returned. Ellie raced up the stairs. Two men sat on guard. A small flare lit the area. Brooke sat leaning over a man on the floor.


"Tom," Ellie whispered and stepped forward. She fell to her knees at his side. "How is he?"


Brooke shook her head. "He's lost a lot of blood. I've dug out the bullet. I'm just sewing him up now."


Chapter 169: Invasion, Part 2