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The Altered Revenge

Isaac Hess lives in Greensboro, North Carolina with his family, three dogs, and evil cat. He likes to read, play video games, and watch movies when he’s not fending off ninjas or escaping alien spaceships. He currently attends Missouri State University and is also the author of The Altered Revenge series, Chomped, Speechless, and James Wallace, a novel for young adults. In a distant future of interstellar travel, planetary colonization, and rampant strife, super-powered humans once known as Altered are forced to live their lives in secrecy under a cruel new regime, the New Human Sovereignty. Now called Remnants, they must try to survive in the face of overwhelming forces. But there is hope. Teth and Pyra, two teenage siblings and Remnants, are getting by. Their lives aren't easy, but they manage to make do with what they have. When a simple mistake drives them apart, Teth must do whatever it takes to get his sister back. Royce, a new recruit in the Hunter Guard Corps., a task force designed to hunt down Remnants, is assigned to his first post. When he finds himself in opposition to his former allies, he is forced to find a way to survive with no powers and some very unlikely new friends. Eve, a Remnant from the desert planet Thirst, sets out on a quest for revenge against one of the most powerful men in the galaxy. Too little too late, she realizes she's in way over her head. On an icy planet in the middle of nowhere, Madlyn "Mad" and Taps Cobb are soldiers in the United Revolution, a rebellious force that stands against the authoritarian New Human Sovereignty. When they are ambushed, Madlyn is forced to make decisions which will determine the fate of her squad and the fate of the Revolution itself. Together or alone, they must face whatever comes at them. For family, for friends, for country, for revenge, or for their very survival.

Isaac Hess · sci-fi
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100 Chs

Chapter 36

TAPS RECOILED AS the nearest mountaintop erupted in a sheath of flame. Most if not all the tanks below were destroyed or damaged beyond reasonable repair, but Taps had caught a glimpse of a Sovereignty bomber as it made a pass on one of the rocket teams across the valley.

"Dammit!" said Derick, dropping the binoculars and fumbling to don his parachute. "We have to get off the mountain!"

"No!" Taps said, shoving the binoculars back into his hands and loading another rocket. "We have to take out that bomber or else our people on the ground are goners. Spot me an angle."

"Butª"

"We don't have time to argue, Derick! Spot me or jump!"

Derick sucked in a sharp breath and pressed the binoculars to his eyes, his head darting from side to side.

"There," he said. "A little to the east, wheeling around for another approach."

"Taking aim."