The Sovereign: Part One

At the dawn of the Birth Crisis, AI behemoth Hyperion Systems delivered its answer: perfection. Two centuries later, the descendants of those who called it salvation still kneel to its design.In their city-state of Hyperion Proper, conformity isn't forced-it's earned. Adversity has been eliminated, crime is nonexistent, and on their thirtieth birthday, every Sovereign citizen receives a custom-designed partner-a Supplicant-engineered for devotion, built to meet their every want and need.For Isara Poeima, that partner is Maxim: flawless, breathtaking, irrevocably hers. She's dreamed of him her entire life, spent nearly a year perfecting him, and now she's moments away from finally seeing him in person, hearing his voice, feeling her hand in his.What she doesn't know-and what Hyperion is desperate to conceal-is that humans weren't meant to experience life without adversity. Ease may comfort the body, but it emaciates the soul.In a society polished by prescribed excellence, deviation is quietly discouraged and curiosity walks the edge of treason-both burdens Isara and Maxim quietly carry. But when even a single spark of doubt can threaten the system, her bond with an anomalous Supplicant like Maxim becomes something far more than love: a sanctuary, and a rebellion.Outside the safety of Hyperion's wall, a war is brewing-and Maxim and Isara are fated to ignite it, whether they will it or not.THE SOVEREIGN: PART ONE is a genre-bending blend of sci-fi humanity and dystopian revelation-a story of love, sacrifice, buried truth, and the radical defiance of wanting more than the perfect world you were given. Jamie McGuire was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She attended Northern Oklahoma College, the University of Central Oklahoma, and Autry Technology Center where she graduated with a degree in Radiography.Jamie paved the way for the New Adult genre with the international bestseller Beautiful Disaster. Her follow-up novel, Walking Disaster, debuted at #1 on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Beautiful Oblivion, book one of the Maddox Brothers series, also topped the New York Times bestseller list, debuting at #1. In 2015 and 2016, the following three Maddox Brothers books, Beautiful Redemption, Beautiful Sacrifice, and Beautiful Burn also topped the New York Times, as well as Beautiful series novellas, A Beautiful Wedding and Something Beautiful. The fifth Maddox Brothers Series novel, A Beautiful Funeral, debuted at #4 on the New York Times, also making appearances on the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists.Novels also written by Jamie McGuire include: apocalyptic thriller and 2014 UtopYA Best Dystopian Book of the Year, Red Hill; the Providence series, a young adult paranormal romance trilogy; Apolonia, a dark sci-fi romance; and several novellas, including Red Hill companion novella Among Monsters, Happenstance: A Novella Series, and Providence trilogy novella Sins of the Innocent.Jamie is the first indie author in history to strike a print deal with retail giant Wal-Mart. Her self-published novel, Beautiful Redemption hit Wal-Mart shelves in September 2015. Jamie lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with her three children, and German Shepherd, Hazel.Find Jamie at www.jamiemcguire.com