Winter's Fall

Book excerpt: Nearly 250 years have passed since Earth was devastated by the Blight, an engineered supervirus responsible for wiping out humanity and leaving behind a toxic wasteland. Only by the benevolence of Sovereign Zeus did human beings survive. In Olympus, a floating city high above the blighted surface world, humanity thrives once more under his protection and guidance.January 'Winter' Winterton was formulated as a Purifier, a genetically enhanced soldier tasked with the divine mission to purify the surface world of the Blight and pave the way for the reclaiming of their beloved homeland. At only nineteen years old, Winter has already proven to be one of the most proficient Purifiers of her generation-destined for Ascension to the heavenly realm of Elysium.But as her choices start her down an uncertain and dangerous path, she'll have to discover where the lies end and the truth begins.