Title: Children of Alpheios
Author: Diana Fedorak
Genre: Science Fiction
Book Blurb:
A genetically engineered colony on a new world.
A baby is born different than everyone else.
A mother who will do anything to save him.
On planet Eamine, twenty-one-year-old Alina must protect her baby when Mandin is born with a remarkable DNA anomaly. The colony’s central corporation wants Mandin for an experimental treatment program. Trained by the Expeditionary Academy, Alina knows how to survive Eamine’s harsh environment and flees to keep Mandin safe.
While Alina tries to uncover the truth, she finds herself relying on Kiean, a gruff pilot who protects her from threats in the midst of her new surroundings. As an upcoming rebellion brews, Alina must discover who she can trust, facing choices about family, life, and love. Despite the risk, Alina is determined to safeguard Mandin from the colony‘s most powerful institutions.
For fans of dystopian fiction like Gattaca
Excerpt:
As the doctor grabbed an instrument off a tray, he
revealed a cage on the counter containing an eight or
nine-inch dragon. Its muted colors indicated it was a
female. He opened the cage door and grabbed the
creature, holding it firmly in his fist. The dragon’s eyes
popped out of the sides of his head as the doctor
squeezed, nearly choking it. Alina jerked back, not
wanting to witness the animal’s pain. But unable to tear
herself away, she watched the projection.
The doctor jabbed a needle into the dragon’s
shoulder and injected it with a serum from a bottle.
After tossing it back into the cage, the mystery doctor
scratched his jowls with a stylus and scribbled notes on
a crystal tablet. He grabbed the vial Ms. Silver handed
him and opened a door to a room. In the adjacent room,
she glimpsed a lab with several long metal tables.
On one table, a white sheet draped over a slight
figure of a corpse. Eerily familiar, the sharp angles of
the shoulders and elbows, the small feet poking up,
revealed it was the size of a thin child. Before the door
swung shut, she glimpsed a microscope and petri dishes
along the counter.
Her rib cage compressed, cutting off her breath as
she remembered Syriah’s fear. They killed Leon, the
little girl had claimed. The article that Aurore showed
her of the mother who leapt to her death, despondent
over her son’s treatment. Ms. Silver offering a new
experiment for Mandin. Smacking her forehead, she
cursed herself. She didn’t need to ask Chance what
happened to Leon, she should have asked Dr. Olek.
After hurrying down the steps, she leapt onto the
hallway floor. Dr. Olek could clear this up for her,
maybe she was jumping to conclusions. After all,
Chance’s mother brought Mandin’s case to Ms. Silver’s
attention. But Alina couldn’t unsee the body. A child’s
body, it had to be.
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Author Biography:
Diana Fedorak is a speculative fiction writer from Las Vegas, Nevada. Born in Saigon, South Vietnam, she grew up in a Pan Am Airways family who frequently traveled overseas. Her prior career was serving as an officer in the United States Air Force. She enjoys writing complex characters in high-stakes science fiction and fantasy worlds.
When she’s not writing, she spends time in her own universe with her husband, two children, and their German Shepard.
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