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.

Please don't notice me. Please don't notice me. Please. Don't. Notice. Me. I kept my head down as I sped to home room. My heart pounded every time I thought I heard his voice and made me quicken my pace. I head into class and silently curse my luck as I see everyone's already here. Please god don't let them see it...

The recent death of Rylee Douglas' parents has made her very secluded and sad. She doesn't want to open up to anyone and doesn't want anyone to feel sorry for her. T.J O'Connor is the school's bad boy, but it's ONLY at school. At home he is the protective older brother of his younger, twin, siblings. His father comes home drunk every night and beats them. He uses the 'bad boy' act to cover up his bad home life. Neither want to open up, and neither want help from someone else. What will they do?

This is the daily struggles us dark skin girls have to go through. It's not easy but somehow we all make it through them. Copyright © 2015 Msfanfictional September 6th, 2015