About This Book
When you can heal with a touch, how do you choose who lives and who dies?Ida Sarek is a runaway, living a life on the streets, until she's forced into a Youth Improvement Center. When a couple adopts her, it seems her luck has changed, but they have dangerous plans. Subjected to genetic experiments, Ida emerges with an extraordinary ability—the power to heal with a single touch.When aliens attack, everything changes. They call them the Heavies, and they're unlike anything humanity has ever faced. She finds herself on the front lines of a war she never signed up for, using her newfound power to save lives in a world teetering on the brink of annihilation.With each life she saves, Ida loses a piece of herself. As shadowy factions vie to control her and her abilities, the line between ally and enemy blurs. In a world where her touch can mean life or death, who can Ida trust?She never asked to be a hero, but she can't stand by and watch as the world burns. She has to keep fighting, even if it means sacrificing everything she is.Altered is a page-turning YA dystopian thriller that explores the price of power, the resilience of the human spirit, and the blurred lines between savior and weapon. If you crave stories of hope amid dystopian chaos, you'll devour this unputdownable adventure that echoes the best elements of Divergent, The Hunger Games, and The Last of Us.A fast-paced, action-packed dystopian thrill ride. A must-read. -Jamie Davis, AuthorCoral's writing really shines. Altered is not only an enjoyable sci-fi adventure, but also a smart commentary about government and military corruption and the treatment of the oppressed. Similar to Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira manga series, Coral delves into the social consequences of mistreating the underprivileged—and what happens when the underdog is given the tools to fight back. -Michelle Hogmire, Reedsy Discovery
