On January 17th 2014 a secret government organization that went by the name of The Monarch Butterfly Corporation, was formed in the hopes of finding the cure for various diseases that plagued the human race. But that was only a cover up. The true purpose was kept secret from the world, in the hopes of stopping any kind of outside confrontation. The organization was actually a lab that experimented on teens in the hopes of unlocking a gene that gives humans real powers... For military use. On June 25th 2016 the Monarch kidnapped twenty three kids from across the united states and brought them to their secret lab in New York. There, they ran thousands of tests on the kids... All in the hopes of unlocking the Mutant gene. Joelee Lowell, the first of many to unlock her powers and with the help of her DNA, The Monarch succeeds in their mission and creates the perfect super soldier. With her new found powers and with the help of an old friend, Joelee escapes, along with twelve of her friends. Though, escaping The Monarch's clutches seems easier said than done. (Unedited)

Five days. It took me five days to crawl out from the bowels of the rubble. Emerging from my tomb, into a world nothing more than a wasteland; propelled into chaos where everyone has all but lost their humanity. My name is Phoenix, and the world as I knew it ended that day. The day the human race was nearly eradicated, and my journey home began. Follow Phoenix, the heroine of 'From the Ash' on her incredible journey through a ravaged world. An adventure, yes, but also an intrinsically human and touching story. Beautiful cover by: Dane at Ebooklaunch.com. Strong language. Gore.