"It's not what we are but what we do that defines us." Aylin Black has come to believe that she deserves all the misfortunes life throws at her. Yet she refuses to back down. At least not without a fight. But as her past comes knocking at her door she's forced to rethink all her beliefs. And she just might have to give up this losing fight much sooner than she expected.

As if seventeen wasn't hard enough? Have you ever dreamed of gaining special powers? Would you bench press cars and tear trees from the ground like twigs or would you zip through the air in supersonic flight? Would you be the beloved hero or the sinister villain? The questions are fun to ask but, in the real world, things like radioactive bugs and super soldier serums don't really exist. It's all just daydreams in the end. That is, until a few random teenagers across the world wake up to a new reality, and their lives are turned inside out. Sure, they gained some pretty amazing new abilities, but how did they get them and why? What should they do with them and how will the rest of the world react to these new "Altered"? How can teenagers be trusted with that kind of power? Just as the questions start piling up and answers are harder and harder to come by the Altered start to disappear, one by one. Life at seventeen can be hard enough, but in a world where everyone suddenly wants a piece of you, the most important answer is almost impossible to find. Who can you trust?