In a world where only the genetically enhanced are meant to live, fifteen-year-old Deklan is already dead—she just doesn’t know it yet.

The One World Federation has ended the decades-long global war, seized control, and reset civilization to "Year Zero." But the Federation’s victory hides a dark truth—their goal of wiping out all who aren’t genetically perfected. As a NaturalBorn Deklan’s life is in danger.

When Deklan’s mother vanishes under mysterious circumstances, Deklan barely escapes execution and goes on the run to find her, seeking refuge in The Sixth—an underground settlement of animal-human hybrid experiments. Deklan discovers an horrifying truth: her estranged father, the Federation’s most powerful geneticist, created The Sixth—and its enslaved subterranean workers—as part of a monstrous experiment.

But the deeper Deklan digs, the darker the conspiracy gets. Her father isn’t just rewriting the future of evolution—he’s erasing the past. When Deklan breaches the government fortress, she uncovers clones of her family who have no memory of her, a rogue AI designed to replace humanity, and a plan to trigger a volcanic winter that will wipe the planet clean for a genetically superior elite. Deklan must also come to terms with another truth about why her father never loved her—not because she is genetically inferior, but because she was never his to begin with.

Now, Deklan has one shot to infiltrate the AI-driven Collective and stop the Federation’s plan for a global genetic reset. As the clock counts down, Deklan must outthink a machine and outmaneuver a monster, relying on the very imperfections she once believed made her less-than.

In a world that sees her as disposable, Deklan will prove she’s unstoppable.

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It is worth noting, I wrote this with my two teens in mind who identify as LGBTQIA+. They are interested in reading more aroace characters experiencing deep relationships without all the … slobber. And they are my first and best beta readers.