Humanity wasn’t always doomed. There was a time when people were actually pretty decent.
Two hundred years ago, every person on Earth was connected through the stream of AVA: a hyper-advanced artificial intelligence system designed to give the world a fresh start. AVA cleansed humanity and rebuilt it on the ideals of progress and peace. With their pasts bleached and their futures filtered out, humans advanced in a startling leap. They thrived in the new world that AVA created.
Then, the virus struck.
Now, after a centuries’ long apocalypse, humanity has returned to its violent roots. The few ragged settlements that remain fight each other for what little the Nothing provides and will do whatever it takes to stay alive.
Charlize Smith doesn’t know it yet, but her hometown might be the last civilized place on Earth. Born a Defect and forced to undergo a slew of dangerous experiments, Charlie dreams of the day when she can finally set out on her own. But when a tragedy pushes her to the edge, she’s arrested and thrown onto a truck bound for the Nothing – where she’s probably going to die.
Author:
Shae Ford
Shae Ford is a USA Today Bestselling author from Crowley, Texas. She writes YA fantasy and post-apocalyptic novels featuring expansive casts of rambunctious characters. Her debut series, Fate’s Forsaken, follows the story of a young man who is gifted with extraordinary powers, but plagued by rotten bad luck. Having the chance to share his many (mis)adventures with readers all over the world has been the opportunity of a lifetime, and a journey she’ll never forget.
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PERFORMER:
Emma Galvin
I am a NYC-based, classically-trained actor with over twenty-five years of stage experience. As a voiceover artist (pseudo Amelia Hugh), I love embodying a wide variety of badass heroes and heroines of all genders and backgrounds. For over 250 episodes, I have played Dr. Monica Anders in the most downloaded family audio drama podcast in history ("Six Minutes" by GZM Shows). I am fluent in Spanish and am an accents and language nerd. I find that being able to talk to people across cultures opens up a world without barriers. I bring that spirit to my narrations by voicing characters with a variety of languages and accents (Spanish, Italian, German, Welsh, Polish, Hebrew, Russian, Arabic, and Amharic). Give me an accent, and I can learn it in 24 hours. Give me a language and I’ll be conversational in a month. Whether immersing myself in a play, audiobook, or foreign culture, I love the practice of putting myself in other people's shoes. The heart of it all is the human experience.
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