EVAN knows two truths about his unwieldy powers – First, it’s easier to kill people with them than it is to save them. Second, that he’d never stop trying. When his father sends a murderous cyborg to destroy him and his adopted brother Ken (who is equally powerful, yet far more stable), they must do whatever it takes to survive. But there’s one thing Evan fears more than torture and death – losing his brother and proving his mother’s fateful words right – that he is a monster.

Evan didn’t ask for the power to warp molecules. He didn’t want soldiers to take his brother. He didn’t mean to kill his mom. But he does, they did, and he did. Now a creature lurks within him - a power he cannot control. He must learn how. He must save his family. He must be more than a killer. He must rebel against his country. He must learn how to be the hero. Evan and his adopted brother were born mutants, called Afflicted. An identity that they desperately worked to keep hidden with the help of their father, the Governor of the East. But when his brother is taken by the Federation, Evan will sacrifice everything to rise above the creature within him. He’ll join rebels, battle cyborg bounty hunters, and challenge the corporate government - all in a bid to save his brother from death. He must succeed. He must be more. He must be redeemed. For himself, for his brother, for his father. But the further he falls down the conspiracy, the more he fears his mother was right. Perhaps he is a monster after all.