A dull roar, that's all I could hear. Souls, that's all I could see... So many people. Some good, some bad. Some breathing, some barely breathing. All souls. It was funny what you could see when you stood in the middle of the Emergency Room. Who survived, who did not. All of them, every one, a soul. A soul for the taking. So begins your introduction to the floating, clustered world of souls that will have such influence on Sophia, the young Puerto Rican-American girl who has just lost her closest ally, her grandmother, "Abuela." It is just after the funeral, at the cemetery, where Sophia...

Can Science Sever as Salvation? One-fourth Human. One-fourth God. One-fourth Superhuman. One-fourth Vampire. For Dr. Scott, the combined strengths of each life form represent the answer to the onslaught of malice and tyranny plaguing his Earth. When his creation-Genesis-begins developing, the lines between scientist and father become blurred. Soon the time approaches where Genesis is expected to fulfill her purpose. Does she go along willingly, or will her rapid evolution obliterate everyone's best laid plans?

What happens when Science's Instrument of Salvation blazes her own path? In the second installment of the Earth 8-8-2 saga, Genesis is heartbroken, disillusioned, but most of all ... angry: angry that she has no say-so in the narrative of her own purpose. In the absence of choice, the only response that makes sense is rebellion. As Genesis elicits the intensity of her powers, General Townsen must act quickly to develop a counterbalance to this previous experiment gone askew. Will the General's army rise effectively against this unlikely nemesis, or will all see the literal overtures of what...