APEX Cycle

Samantha Havardson is not an Apex. She's completely ordinary with a totally normal family that just happens to be moving to the Apex epicenter of the world- the manmade island city of New Delos. Although she thinks her lack of super Apex abilities will keep her out of the limelight, it quickly becomes apparent that the city has different plans, sweeping Samantha up in a world of secret identities and super powers where anyone, even those closest to her, might be an Apex. Plagued by missing students, secret Apex teams, and a mysterious man named Adrestus, Samantha searches for answers, causing secrets to unravel about her classmates, her family, and herself that drag her deeper into the secret world of the Apex.

Samantha Havardson still isn't an Apex, but that's about the only thing she's sure of anymore. Her family and her identity have splintered, and an immortal warrior named Adrestus is at fault. Now, Samantha must scramble to pick up the scattered pieces of her life while juggling high school and being the only kid on Apex Team without super abilities. Things only get more complicated when a cryptic message appears: NEW DELOS WILL BURN. Samantha's past continues to bleed into her present, getting in the way of friendships, sword practice, and final exams. While the city runs out of time, Sammy grows increasingly desperate to save the people she loves, and her efforts just might land them in more danger than they were in to begin with.

Sarah is a burn-out. Her twenties have been wasted in a psychedelic haze. Now she wants to be sober, avoid temptation, so she joins a clinical trial to be sequestered away from the world. Paranoia flows. Weird experiments are carried out on their waking and sleeping bodies. They realize the trial is changing them. Programming them. Installing false memories and removing emotions. If they don't do something before their tenure ends, they might not be human when they leave.

In a city of ten million people, under glass eyes of six million cameras, one man evades their networked stares, and watches those who are watched. His days are spent deducing the stories of strangers' lives, filming every moment. But he's is starting to see more, and fate is bringing other observers into his life, teaching him how to push his skills further. Before he knows it, he starts looking beyond the present, seeing the past in more detail than ever, perhaps glimpsing the future. But he's also hearing voices, thinks he's being followed, surveilled, and has no idea how much – if any of it – is real. All he knows, is that if he wants answers, he has to keep watching.

Exclusive collected edition, featuring Footage, Beyond Footage, and a short story set within the APEX universe. FOOTAGE: In a city of ten million, under glass eyes of six million cameras, one man evades their networked stares, and watches those who are watched. Jared's days are spent deducing stories from momentary glimpses of present actions in streets, train stations and airports. Filming every moment. But he's starting to see more. Before he knows it, he starts looking beyond the present, seeing the past in more detail than ever, perhaps glimpsing the future. But he's also hearing voices, thinks he's being followed, surveilled, and has no idea how much - if any of it - is real. All he knows, is that if he wants answers, he has to keep watching. ------------------- BEYOND FOOTAGE: He knows you. Your past. Your future. He knows he's being hunted, by a man who's more than human. He knows he needs to leave the country, and he knows the voices aren't real. But what if they are?