The Dirt Beneath Their Feet

A divided future society. A family torn apart. One girl who must fight for the future. Another who will stop at nothing to silence the past. The poverty-ridden southern provinces. Home to fourteen year-old Ayla and her younger brother, Jed. Two members of the so-called genetic underclass. Just two victims of the southern provinces' human scrapheap where every day is a struggle and a fight for survival. The ruling northern provinces. The home of those deemed worthy and the genetic 'elites'. The home of Selene. A cruel and unstable girl whose agenda is to right a wrong that threatens to derail the plans of the North. To eliminate the child that slipped through her master's hands fourteen years ago, a genetic anomaly who must die at all costs. As secrets from the past are inadvertently revealed, the safety of Ayla and her family is put in dire jeopardy. And as Ayla fights to stay alive, her path and that of Selene begin to converge. The hunter and the hunted - both fighting for the future and for those they love the most.