A genetic accident. A new kind of human. And a world divided by fear.
Can a young Colony Manager survive long enough to stop a genocide?
Earth, 2355. Riva Dorn needs answers. After a century of stasis, hibernating humans awaken expecting the lethal pathogen aboveground to have eliminated the gold-eyed Variants living on the surface. Instead, the untested Colony Manager of Area 31 emerges to an unimaginable mission failure: the genetically engineered countermeasures never worked. They are thriving.
When an encounter with a gold-eyed Variant contradicts everything she's been taught, Riva's certainty begins to crack. They are not the monsters the Northern Alliance claimed. As the truth begins to surface, she finds herself caught between the violent legacy of the world that raised her and the impossible reality unfolding before her.
With old hatreds flaring and her commander determined to redeploy the bioweapon, can Riva defy the man who chose her—and prevent a mutual genocide?
Worlds Apart is the thought-provoking first novel in the Immortal Rising science fiction series. If you like gripping, character-driven stories of moral awakening, divided societies, and the search for truth under pressure, then you'll love L. L. Keyes's emotionally driven journey.
