Rebellion

There is no evolution without sacrifice. The weak must fall, for the strong to rise.Chris is dead. And Liz is done running. Haunted by grief, she wages a one-woman war in the streets of San Francisco. With nothing left to lose, she'll burn the system to the ground. But even a genetically-engineered girl with wings has her limits-and Liz is up against an army. Sooner or later, her recklessness will have a cost. But who will pay the price?Meanwhile, the Chead are no longer in hiding. Led by the ancient Talisa, the superhuman horde sweeps across the countryside, decimating towns and reaping bloody slaughter. Only the young are spared-so they might become Chead themselves. With refugees flooding into the Western Allied States, the tyrannical government might just be humanity's last hope.Vengeance or survival. Liz must choose. If she can't, there may be no world left to save. Aaron Hodges was born in 1989 in the small town of Whakatane, New Zealand. He studied for five years at the University of Auckland, completing a Bachelor's of Science in Biology and Geography, and a Masters of Environmental Engineering. After working as an environmental consultant for two years, he now spends his time traveling the world in search of his next adventure. Runaway teenager Liz wants nothing more than an ordinary life. But when she's abducted off the streets, Liz learns her government has other plans. In a future ruled by a ruthless dictator, there's no place for the weak, and she's spirited away to a facility deep in the Californian mountains. There, Liz wakes in an iron cage – and she's not alone.