Decimation

Living in Axis has always left Kaya Lewis, the daughter of President Lewis of the Vitae Corporation sheltered from the rigid social structure of Lexicon. Kaya has always been able to be best friends with Matthew Larkin, the janitor's son who has been a part of Kaya's every memory. Everything in her world changes when her Dad's former business partner turned nemesis, Rebecca Dean buys out Axis leaving all the kids within the Axis to attend the harsh schools of Lexicon because she now needs every building to house her labs for scientific research. She even issues trackers to every Axis resident to keep tabs on their every move. The only positive about Rebecca's return is her son Talon, who was once best friends with Kaya and Matthew. Being teenagers now complicates every aspect of remaining friends. Now all starting a new school year in Lexicon schools tension between Kaya and Matthew heighten because of social aspects, Matthew begins pushing Kaya away. Kaya knows Talon is a better match, but Matthew has had her heart since childhood. Kaya's feelings for Matthew and Talon's interest in Kaya have pushed what was a friendship to its limits. Just when the turmoil of being a teenager seems too much, Kaya falls victim to a random kidnapping, in a string of kidnappings where no one is ever found. Just as she is about to lose consciousness, she sets off her tracking device. Her absence prompts Matthew and Talon to put aside their differences to form a search party to locate Kaya. Days later Kaya is found in a field left with both physical and emotional scars, after a hard recovery, Kaya is desperate to be normal again and hopes to go to the Halloween Dance. Not even the turmoil of being in high school can prepare the 3 friends for what they uncover on Halloween night, after a prank within the newly remodeled Axis labs goes horribly wrong. The horrifying discovery leaves the 3 friends in a race against the clock to stop a series of events that have been in the works for almost a decade. With companies set up worldwide can they stop the plans Rebecca Dean has made to destroy the Vitae Corporation and possibly the entire world? Find out in the first book of the Decimation series.