Carved Genes (Paperback or Softback)

A rich science fiction story set in a brutal post-apocalyptic America.—Foreword Clarion Reviews on Purged Souls

Political drama in the vein of The West Wing or 24.—BlueInk Review on Purged Souls

Thrust into power amid chaos, Amy struggles to govern a world ripped apart by the tension between those who carry the Purge virus and those who don’t. When a general exploits that rift to grab power, Amy makes a bold decision that antagonizes the leaders of two states.

Instead of supporting Amy, a sulking Mika accepts an open-ended mission and disappears.

While Amy struggles to unite the bickering factions, Mika returns with frightening news about the virus’ origins. With Purge victims piling up, can Amy trust Mika again and stop the new outbreak from destroying their fragile society?

Carved Genes is the sequel to the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Finalist Purged Souls.

Kagan Tumer attended seven schools in five cities in four countries, all before reaching high school. The constant upheaval taught him two things: observe the world and the people in it because you need to understand them, and don't get too attached to any place or anyone because neither will be there next year. He's better (a little) with people and places now but is still steadily moving west: Virginia to Texas to California to Oregon. And yes, Portland is west of San Francisco by a hair. Along the way, Tumer has worked as a cafeteria food server, a registrar's office clerk, a print shop copier, a soccer referee, and a well logging engineer. He completed a PhD in computer engineering while in Austin and spent nine years at NASA working on autonomous robot coordination. When it finally dawned on him that NASA wasn't going to build and send hundreds of robots to Mars so he could play with them, he decided to create his own reality in science fiction. When not writing science fiction, he putters around robots, ponders AI ethics, teaches, and mentors a new generation of scientists as a professor of robotics and AI.