Freaks

Four high-school friends suffer daily humiliation at the hands of three bullies. When the friends accidentally open a portal to another dimension, they unintentionally allow terrifying, otherworldly creatures to invade their small Arkansas town. Discovering that they are now, endowed with strange superpowers, the four teens dub themselves “Freaks,” the very name their tormentors used to ridicule them. The Freaks must fight to save the lives of family and friends now in mortal peril and thwart a secret government task force that appears to be hunting them.

Falling in love. Evading the authorities. Chasing the rabbits. Now high school sophomores, the self-styled "Freaks" are back in class in quiet Quapaw City, Arkansas. They grapple with the ordinary challenges of everyday teen life: cliques, cars, and crushes. While everything appears normal on the surface, looks have rarely been more deceiving. A secret government task force-fully aware of the unusual powers the Freaks have acquired-is determined to capture them. Even as the mysterious Baltar Sterne shares ancient wisdom and offers hope, a new menace silently emerges in the woods outside of town. Clever, inexorable, and far more lethal than the Freaks' first superhuman foe, this traveler from another world possesses powers that can only be described as godlike. The Freaks and their town will be tested in horrific ways they are powerless to predict or even imagine.

Finding themselves. Fighting together. Growing apart. It's junior year in Quapaw City, Arkansas. With it comes a new foe that even the Freaks cannot stop--adulthood. As they ponder what the future will be like with college and careers looming, they must contend with the ever-more-dangerous threat of the Team, the shadowy government agency determined to save the world from supernatural menaces. Even with the creepy Baltar Sterne acting as an advisor, our teenage heroes struggle with these tremendous pressures. At the same time, they must face their most dangerous threat yet, a creature of scales and wings that could threaten every life in town and beyond. New questions arise: can the Freaks achieve a common objective when they no longer agree on precisely what those goals should be? And what happens when they realize they might be the villains in someone else's story?

For a cyborg like Jay, life was never going to be simple.Jay's still reeling from her encounter with a rogue cyborg assassin when she discovers she has a twin-a severely damaged Beta unit. Jay is determined to find the Beta, and help her if she can. Now all she needs to do is convince her boyfriend Tyler that it's best for him to stay behind. But Jay's not the only one searching for her twin. With enemies who'll stop at nothing, and Tyler and his family caught in the crossfire, Jay's life is about to get a whole lot more complicated… and a whole lot more dangerous.The Freaks series so far:Freaks of Greenfield High (Freaks 1)Freaks in the City (Freaks 2)Freaks Under Fire (Freaks 3)Freaks Series Bundle (Books 1-3)Other new adult/young adult books by Maree Anderson:Liminal (Liminals, Book 1)

Babysitting an infant, training a puppy, assisting her boyfriend's music career, dealing with killers who want to control her... just a regular week for a cyborg like Jay!Jay's got enough on her plate without Sixer playing games. Thanks to him, she's left babysitting Tyler's infant brother - a challenge even for a cyborg. Sure, her old nemesis might be down for the count, but the fallout is ongoing. Now a dangerous new player has their sights on controlling a cyborg for their own ends. With Jay's twin still recovering and vulnerable, the stakes have never been higher. The only question is, how can Jay protect everyone she loves?