COMPULSION READS endorsed - The new YA debut everyone is falling in love with!TREASON. BETRAYAL. HEARTBREAK. A lot can happen to a girl between her first kiss and her first killA fast-paced, high-stakes adventure through a future world where evolution is the new religion and genetic deviations are not tolerated. When 16-year-old Jess finds she is a Deviant, she joins a band of teenage rebel soldiers in a desperate attempt to escape detection.Here's what the critics and advance readers are sayingA magnificently imagined world and intriguing characters... - Kirkus Reviews... a brutal and honest look at a post-apocalyptic dystopia... All of these emotions that Rix has created are a true testament to her skills as a world builder, character crafter and intense storyteller - Compulsion ReadsI was at the edge of my seat, I cried a few times, even a few gasps. That is how you truly know that you have a good book in your hands. - Goodreads reviewerEXTERNAL FORCES has A LOT going for it. It's well written and chocked full of interesting concepts... not to mention adventure. - Amazon Top 500 ReviewerIf Divergent and Partials got together, EXTERNAL FORCES would be the result - Goodreads reviewer˃˃˃ A raw and original visioning of a future that may be closer than we want to think. It’s 100 years since the Genetic Integrity Act was passed and America closed its borders to prevent genetic contamination. Now only the enemy, dysgenic Deviants, remain beyond the heavily guarded border. The Department of Evolution carefully guides the creation of each generation and deviations from the divine plan are not permitted.When 16-year-old Jess begins to show signs of deviance she enlists in the Special Forces, with her best friend Jay, in a desperate bid to evade detection by the Devotees. Jess is good with data, not so good with a knife. So when the handsome and secretive Sergeant Matt Anderson selects her for his Black Ops squad, Jess is determined to figure out why.As her deviance continues to change her, Jess is forced to decide who to trust with her deadly secret. Jess needs to know what’s really out there, in the Deviant wasteland over the border, if she has any hope of making it to her 17th birthday. Because if the enemy doesn’t kill her first, the Department of Evolution probably will.Don't wait another second. Scroll up and grab a copy today.