BOOK #1 [A Watty Finalist & Newly Edited!] The Swarm - thought to have originated from biological warfare, arrived, it killed and left millions dead in its wake and still has not been eradicated as it makes its way around the world. A cure is not possible. Irissa Maclin, a reclusive and hostile girl from a desert region that borders the capitol Arid, is on the verge of turning seventeen. Girls of this age from the surrounding regions are selected at random for surrogacy. They will be taken to PURE, a lab to help harbor Seraphim - genetically perfect embryos. If she is to be sent away, can the turmoil deep within her be mended by a young man from a neighboring region - a forbidden attraction that can change everything? Secrets, betrayals, and love pave the path for Irissa. Will she choose her own fate, or succumb to the science that promises a brighter future?

Aleksandra is a girl who has been picked on for being different. Well, not really 'picked on', more like 'tortured and studied', but same thing, right? Anyway, things change when on her sixteenth birthday, she learns that her and her twin brother can read each other's mind.

Cora Markings is a freak, according to her classmates. After an accident claims her father's life and Cora's voice, she Stuck On Mute. At 12 she was considered like a dog, no opinion. Now 17 she has gotten over the loss of her voice, so she claims. Her twin siblings, Kaylah and Luke, feel her pain and try not to add to it. Though when their family suddenly has to move, Cora is thrown into a new town, ready to be ridiculed. But, can Leo, A jock who takes notice to Cora, make her feel whole again? Cora pushes him away because after all, Who could love a mute girl?

Alice Denvar is DYING. She is suffering from gastric cancer and life is slowly and painfully slipping away from her. But she refuses to die, until her final wish is granted. But her final wish is impossible in every way. Her parents tell her over and over that it indeed was impossible; but she refuses to listen. She later decides to go back to school in an attempt to live the remaining time she has left as a normal teenager. But of course, keeping her illness a secret. Then she meets Drew; a guy whom she has met once, but she never thought of meeting again. Before Alice has even realized it, she slowly and helplessly falls for him. From the moment she laid her eyes upon him, she has been feeling indescribable emotion towards him. But Drew has a secret of his own. Will Alice be able to find happiness again?

Cade is experiment 101. She is found half-sane in the depths of a testing facility by Dr Walton, the principal of Tanner Academy. He insists Cade to stay for her own protection, but it’s obvious that Tanner Academy is no ordinary school…

Marni is 14. She lives with Damon and Stefan Salvatore in the Salvatore bording house. She also has powers; she can control the elements. She is about to start school at Mystic Falls High. Will things go as normaly as she thinks it will?

Angela is your typical teen girl, does Okay in school, has great friends and gets on well with her sister Rose. In fact, besides her lack of a love life, is pretty happy. That is until she arives at school on the first day. New boy Matt is drop dead gorgeous, mysterious and strangely familiar. Ang knows better than to get involved with boys like Matt but he turns up in all of her classes, she struggles to resist him. Just as it feels that her life can't get any worse, her mother goes to America, impossible things are happening to her and a serial killer starts murdering girls in the area. A serial killer that seems to be targeting her. What is the link between the killer and irresistable Matt? Can she controll her feelings for him enough not to get hurt? She starts to realize that Matt isn't all that he seems and what he's hiding will change her life forever...