Dagger Leary is the last remaining vessel carrying an invaluable genetic code believed to be extinct. She is also a criminal. At least in the eyes of her government, she is, a government led by a tyrannical president with a deadly lust for war.
When her brother steals a Viper, a powerful weapon that once belonged to their ancestor, part of a legendary team of assassins known as POINT, it is only a matter of time before the Sanctioning Squad comes calling. The Viper is Dagger’s birthright, but possessing it is an act of treason, punishable by death. With not only her own life on the line, but the lives of her loved ones, Dagger makes the only choice she can. She offers the president something far more valuable than the Viper the rare, precious blood coursing through her veins.
She must give up her home, her family, her life, and live in the capital under the president’s thumb. Her blood will be mined like ore, her brain mapped, and her body used as a weapon.
But the president’s plans are much more nefarious than she realizes.
*** Altered is the second volume of The Last Assassin Series, a heart-pounding collection of dystopian, sci-fi novellas.