The now bizarre planet Earth holds a power that only a lucky few can control. This is story of a kid and his friends who awakens and master that power.

Mankind faces extinction. In a desperate attempt to find habitable planets, colony ships are sent throughout the galaxy. One such ship is the Origo. Stumbling across what appears to be a suitable system, the Origo encounters an ancient enemy, and finds itself in a war for survival. A group of unlikely heroes, including a cyborg mechanic, a freshly recruited security officer, and a young man without a past, must fight this enemy and save the lives of tens of thousands of colonists trapped in cryosleep. *** Updates on Tuesday and Friday. Be sure to follow me on Twitter (@BennettSterling), Facebook and Tumblr (links in my profile). Comments are greatly appreciated and I will do my best to respond to as many as I can; also, be sure to vote if you like my work!

"My mama became a catfish when I was two, on the day I stopped talking." Neglected since birth by her mother, Irina Myshko hasn't spoken a word for most of her short Soviet life. Outcast as a mute idiot and abused by her mother's boyfriends, she escapes into an alternate reality where true natures show and people are revealed as the beasts they are. Pregnant, homeless, and penniless, Irina has to make a choice - learn to live in this splintered world or descend into madness.

After a mysterious disaster levels California, Skye unearths herself from her ruined house, unharmed, and the only survivor for miles. When Skye eventually meets up with other people, she becomes their unlikely leader, and must try and control her new and inexplicable set of abilities. Skye must find a way to keep peace in her new world, and unravel the secrets of who she is.