BOOK 1 // Human Error (COMPLETE) BOOK 2 // Human Instinct (IN PROGRESS) *NOW OPTIONED FOR A TV SHOW* "Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness engineered right into their DNA." - William Shakespeare, 1602 (adapted for BioPlus) Astrid Oxford is not normal. Two hundred years into the future, society is recovering from global collapse, and genetic modification has saved the remaining population from a hunger crisis. The alteration of human DNA has been illegal since the technology was developed, but in the heart of New London, a sinister trend has emerged among society's elite. Designer children have been the city's best-kept secret for years, but strange side effects are now appearing as they hit adolescence. When a freak suicide forces modification into the public eye, eighteen-year-old Astrid is about to learn how difficult it is to stay under the radar when you really were born to stand out.

~*~ When one's government is doing them wrong, the people have a right to stand up and revolt, no matter how big or small.~*~ In a world where there are normal people and the elite. Every year, any child who is of the age of ten is put into a selection process to be chosen to either become a Athlete or Soldier of the Society. When best friend Piper Mitchell and Ky Martian are forced in the selection, their worlds are flipped upside down, when Ky is chosen to become a elite. But all to soon Piper forgets who Ky Martian is. Soon her life is just as normal as anyone else. She has amazing grades in school, and wonderful family, great friends, and is on her way to finding her one true match. Until 18 years later when Ky is on the run from Special Teams. Soon Piper is thrusted into a friendship she had long forgot about. But what will Piper do when her whole life is threaten, just by keeping Ky away from Special teams? Will Piper choose the life she is living, and turn Ky over to Special teams, or fight for the children of tomorrow?

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!