Dustin Sordeno has had quite enough of his sister Isabella's tyrant rule over her empire. She's had her last chance to acknowledge his worth and she passed it by. He's not going to take it anymore. Determined to usurp her once and for all, he concocts a scheme to take her place as head of the mutant empire.But Isabella's no amateur to the game. Seeing through her brother's plot, she counters by taking her own measures, hiring her own spies, and infiltrating Dustin's enemy lines. With the help of her suddenly-brilliant second-in-command, Kiera Graves, it appears she can't fail.But could Kiera's allegiance be split? And if so, who besides Isabella could she be taking orders from? There isn't another soul alive who could possibly influence her…
Mindy MacKay is an author of sci-fi and contemporary thrillers. Her short fiction has appeared in 69 Flavors of Paranoia and the Pill Hill Press anthology Bloody Carnival. Her work deals primarily with the subjects of disillusionment, rebellion, and an unconventional aesthetic view.