Dark Matter

By Alyssa Huckleberry

The days of grocery shopping, manual labor, and casual human interaction are ancient history-relics of a time when people actually cooked meals and drove cars and played in parks. But not everything has changed.

Sixteen-year-old Selina Alois is less than thrilled to undergo the high-stakes test of her day: no pencil or paper (or even computer) required...just a few minutes hooked up to a machine that measures potential and aptitude in every category of human life. You know, to determine if she should be sterilized and relegated to some menial job...or if she should be allowed to engage with society in a "natural" capacity.

These harsh conditions would be palatable, if not for The Organization's alarming edict: Earth is dying; moon colonization has failed to yield the results they'd hoped for, and further colonization of space is mandated for the human race to have any hope of survival. Two very risky missions will be initiated to attempt to find a second home for mankind...and the space travelers will be culled from the diagnostic test administered to the junior class.

Selina knows right away-without being able to explain how or why-that she will be one of the few chosen for this desperate assignment. What she doesn't know is that this is the first marker of her unique gifting that will lead her to challenge authority and boldly engage with the unthinkable. Uncover wily plots, painful truths, and outrageous secrets alongside Selina in this debut novel of a series that imagines a dystopian future of cut-throat competition and space exploration.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1080755934
• ISBN13: 9781080755936
• Release Date: July 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"