The Undertow Directive
Above a drowned and toxic Earth, humanity survives in gravity-locked sky-cities, guarded by bioengineered super-soldiers called Splices. Rhea Solon is the sharpest blade her city ever forged—until the countdown etched into her spine reveals she was never built to protect the cities, but to end them. With days left before her body 'blooms,' she must choose between the cure her creator promises and the truth a captured rebel swears will set her free.
Main characters
Rhea Solon
POVFiercely loyal yet haunted, relentlessly resilient, quietly yearning for a self beyond her programming
Nyx Calder
Rebellious and sharp-tongued, secretly protective, allergic to authority
Dr. Elian Vosk
Brilliant and guilt-ridden, manipulative beneath a fatherly warmth, obsessed with control disguised as care