Welcome to the American Civil Insititute, where extraordinary children become horrifying monsters.
Taya has lived at CIVINST for over thirteen years, trained to be a spy, a killer. She wasn't born to be a hero, she wasn't born to fight in epic wars or save the world. She, along with her seven friends, was born to find the people who could. The people that would.
Campion resides at CIVINST as an inhabitant of a cell, kicked around like livestock and trained to use his powers for things even the devil wouldn't speak of. Though he wasn't always a captive dove. Once upon a time, he lived an ordinary life, with a housekeeper and gardener as his caretakers in a manor tucked away amongst the forest, hidden. But the day came when he was too powerful to be hidden anymore, and that's when he was captured.
Magdalenea, Beans, was protected by her parents. Forced the believe that she sat on death's doorstep when in reality it was an elaborate plan to keep her safely tucked away all along. Slowly, she rose up gaining power, believing that nothing could stop her, that freedom from her perceived chains was near. But she'd never known captivity, and when she gets thrown into her cell she was consumed by the darkness around her, and for the first time, she was afraid.
Campion and Magdalenea fight for freedom in their own ways, away from each other, as the villainous Professor Baylor and General Patent seek to pull the pantheonic energy out of their bodies and use it for their own nefarious plans. Meanwhile, Taya desperately attempts to bring them together, to learn if these are the prophecized heroes or if they will all die in vain.
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In the shadow of a ruined world, survival comes at a cost.
Decades after modified radiation bombs decimated the earth, the survivors of New Australia live in fractured Zones-regions ruled by scarcity, controlled by gangs, and governed by fear. The bombs didn't just destroy cities; they unleashed two devastating plagues.
D.V.B, a deadly airborne illness, wiped out millions. But M.A.D was worse-a mind- warping disease that turns victims into violent, flesh-hungry predators.
In the RedZone, where hope is a luxury and danger is routine, Violet Warrendale has learned to hide in plain sight. By day, she's the reluctant daughter of a prominent gang leader. By night, she's Viper-a deadly ghost in the underworld, wanted for assassination.
Vi has only one goal: escape Lake Darling and disappear. For good this time.
But when the military storms the RedZone and abducts everyone under twenty-eight, her plan shatters. Imprisoned in a Reproduction Facility-where survival means obedience-Vi must conceal her identity from the enemy. Worse, her cellmate is the gangster responsible for her brother's disappearance.
With enemies on every side, secrets buried deeper than the fallout, and a rebellion brewing in the blood-soaked cracks of the system, Vi has a choice: stay hidden, or burn it all down.
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Enemies to Lovers
Young Adult
Post Apocalyptic
Mature (18+)
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