Renegades

The change has begun. A new species is rising. The world will never be the same.Chris and Liz have survived the Praegressus Project, but it came at a cost. The experiments left more than just scars-they rewrote their DNA. Superhuman strength. Blinding speed. Oh, and wings.Now stranded in the Californian mountains, Chris and Liz must learn to control their unfamiliar new powers. Every heartbeat feels different, every instinct sharper. Less human.And they're not alone in the wilderness.When the facility fell, something else was unleashed. The Chead. Twisted remnants of the program's darkest failures, the creatures are barely human. They hunt without mercy-and they're learning.To make it back to civilisation, Chris and Liz will have to trust their new abilities…and each other. Because evolution isn't gentle. And the hunters are closing in. 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.