Genetic Extra In The Apocalypse

“Inexchangeforyourlife,makeawish.”Lookinguptotheskywherethevoicehadcomefrom...bloodiedandbattered,hischestheavinginshort,raggedbreaths.Withspasmsofpainwrackinghisbody,hefinallymadehiswish.“Iwish…Iwishformyworldtobesaved.”----------------------------------------Thetwelve-year-oldprodigyofWexfordAcademycollapsedinexplicablywithoutwarning,hisbodygivingintoshock,andphoneslippingoffhishands.Whenheopenedhiseyesagain,itwasnottheinfirmaryceilingthatgreetedhim,butaworldstraightoutofsciencefiction...Onethatcouldmakeanyhardcoresci-finerdbleedfromthenose.Aworldeerilyfamiliar,remindinghimofawebnovelhewasalittletoofondof.Atfirstglance,everythingappearedbeautiful,almostutopian,butthatcouldn'thavebeenmorefarfromthetruth.Beneaththesurfaceofacyberpunkera,humanityhadneverbeenasclosetoannihilationasitwasnow...tetheringonthebrinkofcollapse.Beastsandoutworldersalike,threatenedtoerasecivilization.Worsestill,therulingclassthoughtonlyofthemselves.Resourceswerescarce,survivalwasprivilege,andstrengthwascurrency,andeventhedirectionofaperson'slife,wasdeterminedsolelybyamixtureofsmallluck,heritage,butultimately,thesystemdesignedbytherulingclass.AndSean,armedwithnothingbutthefragmentedknowledgeofafewhundredchaptersofthenovel,wasthrustheadfirstintothisdangerousreality,withoutwarning,norpreparation.Aworldwherehiseverybreathhungbyathread...hisexistence,aripplethatcompletelyalterstheflowofevents.Butonequestionhauntedhimmorethanthebeasts,morethanthechaos,morethanthefearofdeathitself:Howonearthdidheenduphere?And...WhothehellwasSean?!