My home is ash and my family are embers. I'm alone in the city that created me, and now they want to exterminate me. Except that's not entirely true--I'm not really alone. There's a Voice in my head. And I think it hates me. When Tirza's village is burned to the ground and she is captured and sold into slavery, she can only rely on her wits to survive. That, and the Voice in her head--though Tirza could swear the Voice has a mind of its own. Complete. Cover designed by TheGeekInterpreter

A billion-dollar clone, bought and raised as an extremely dangerous weapon, strikes out against those who manufacture and harvest clones for spare parts. ***** Duplicates are used for one thing: spare parts. Kept in Emulation Facilities, brain-dead and hooked to machines, duplicates never open their eyes. As a transplant nurse, Evette Ashford knows this better than anyone -- until a living, breathing duplicate shatters her life. Merely knowing he exists drags Evette into a deep, dark world of manipulation, danger, and control. Evette knows he just wants to find himself, but the corporation that created him are furious he's broken their control. So Evette must decide who to trust: the monster who forced her into this chaos or the monster who created him. [[IC Universe People's Choice]] [[1st Place, Writers' Olympics Dystopian Award]] [[1st Place, Oscar Sci-fi Award]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story is rated PG-13 for violence, language, and sexual content. This story will become free on January 31st!