The Genome Project (The Evolution Gene)

In 2051, the United States is no more.Risen from the ashes of civil war, the Western Allied States ruthlessly eradicate any threat to the new union. Traitors are executed without trial, their families seized.But a terrifying plague is sweeping through the nation. Its victims do not die—they change. People call them the Chead, and where they walk, destruction follows.Desperate to stop its spread, the government turns to the children of traitors for a solution.Eighteen-year-old Elizabeth Flores is one of the unlucky ‘volunteers’ for their experiments. Made a fugitive by the death of her parents, she seeks refuge in the city of Sacramento…but the hunters are waiting, and she is imprisoned along with hundreds of others deep in the Californian mountains.Stripped of her rights, Elizabeth soon learns there is little separating humanity from the monsters they seek to destroy…Blending the dystopian Hunger Games with the powers and the insane experiments of Stranger Things, fans will love this new imagining of the not-so-distant future. Enter an all new world with New York Times Bestselling Author, Aaron Hodges.*This series was originally published as the Praegressus Project, but has been rewritten and rebranded.

"Don't start at night, you'll never sleep." - ★★★★★ Katie Perry Rogers
 
"Astounding, outstanding and makesthe maze runner series in comparison seem like elementary school games." - ★★★★★ Aviar Savijon
 
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"LOVED this book.Another winner from Aaron Hodges. His fantasy stuff is amazing, and I'm now ahuge fan of his sci fi. Great character-building, really got to know them wellthrough the multiple POVs. The story was incredibly engaging, I stayed up lateto finish it in one go. Not much violence and no sex. Really fantasticstorytelling. If you haven't yet checked our this author's work, I highlyrecommend it. Five stars - now hurry up with book 2!" - ★★★★★ Bibliophiler
 
"With America splintered into various autonomous states it wasperhaps inevitable that somewhere along the way some fool resorted tobiological agents to attack and subdue the neighbouring states. This form ofattack was actually quite insidious as a virus attached itself to a person'svery DNA, creating a raging killing machine with supernormal strength andlightning fast reflexes, called the Chead. Humanity has split irrevocably intotwo distinctly divergent evolutionary parts. And standard humans are clearly onthe loosing side, such as happened in the past with the Neanderthals. Butscience created this schizm. Perhaps science can create also a counterpart tothe Chead." - ★★★★★ Manie Kilian