The Book
Thirteen year-old Gideon Wells wants to escape the Off World mining colony and return to Earth before he is captured by a scientist who needs his DNA to perfect her army of bio-engineered monsters. When Gideon has his chance to escape, he's forced to choose between saving the life of a fourteen year-old girl or returning to Earth...
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Chapter One
The boys in the cafeteria of Sector D32 encircled Gideon Wells. Some of them threw food while others pumped their fists in the air shouting, “Fight, fight, fight,” followed with “Berserker, Berserker.”
“Fight, fight, fight.”
“Berserker, Berserker.”
Berserker — Gideon knew the name well. It was his nickname. Although he didn’t like it he admitted to himself that it suited him and his temper perfectly. He wiped the chunks of potato, bean and kale stew off his grey uniform and glared at the three boys now threatening him. No surprise it was Caleb and his sidekicks Nick and Thomas.
Like the other boys in the Finger Lakes New York Quarantine, Gideon was no stranger to fights. But unlike the others, Gideon won his fights provided it was one against one. He had fought and beaten Caleb twice this year already. But today Caleb had friends with him. Three against one was not easy no matter what level black belt in Krav Jitsui somebody had. Gideon took a deep breath. Today was going to be a bad day...