[Science Fiction] (written in 2011) It is the year 2030, one year after World War III ended the world. The United States is split into two territories: the Survivors' territory and the Terrorists' territory. The Survivors, the only known living Americans, are dwindling. Terrorists of other countries that have teamed up are hunting them to extinction. Now the Terrorists control Tennessee and anything south of it. The Survivors have to stop them before they are all killed. Or worse, prisoners.

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?