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International Impact Book Award - Science FictionStorytrade Awards Finalist - Romance-Fantasy/Science FictionGlobal Book Awards - Silver Medal - Science Fiction-Genetic Engineering CategoryHe was built for war. She was never supposed to know or care. But when shadows close in, love may be their only weapon.Mason "Brick" Redstone was supposed to be their ultimate weapon. Shadowy forces genetically manipulated his parents to engineer his existence but his family fled before his birth. Instead of rising to their design, Brick buried his gifts beneath a fa蓷de of isolation and weakness until a covert mission lit his past on fire and planted a seed of darkness inside him. Then came his science professor's project, a recalcitrant partner, and a spark that would light his world on fire.Latisha "Tish" Owusu wanted nothing to do with Brick-until working beside him revealed more than she ever expected. Knowledge turned into connection. Understanding cracked the walls between them. And just as love began to flicker, Brick's past found him and he is taken.Once freed, Brick's choices could doom them all. Tish's awakening abilities might be the key to everything. Together, they must survive betrayal, master an energy that blends science and mysticism and face the truth about might, purpose, and what it means to be human.This is a story of love under fire, the terrible burdens of power, and two broken people fighting an intimate war against monstrous ambition. All set in a world that may not be ready for what comes next.Will they end the threat, become it, or fall into the shadows between?