Altered Helix by Stephanie Hansen

Altered Helix

The Altered Helix Series Novella 1

(A Young Adult Survival Story)

by Stephanie Hansen.

(YA, Fantasy)

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I didn’t want to take the traditional path. First, I wasn’t ready for college. Second, I was going to live with my best friend, Tiff, and work at the Haunted House. Third, did I mention the hot guy Josh that works there too?

The most exciting thing about Austria’s new job, at a local haunted house, was the fact that the toughest looking people screamed the loudest. But when she meets the boy without a home, Josh, Austria’s life takes intriguing and eventful turns. Up until now, Josh has managed to hang with his Street crowd, but they’re in danger, and so is Austria, the girl Josh recently fell for. The group finds themselves joining forces with previously considered enemies who also now find themselves in danger.

Deeply compassionate and full of twists, Altered Helix captures the struggle of polarized people that must work together for the greater good.

A Word from the Author

At Vienna’s new job, the Haunted House, employees are divided into three groups, Frats, Norms, and Streets. One thing some of them have in common, despite their group, is different DNA that sets them apart from the others. For Vienna, the genetic anomaly means she gets to reunite with her long lost dad. Unfortunately, the ones with different DNA quickly find themselves within the cross-hairs of a human trafficking ring after their organs.

During the highly volatile period of working together to escape the ring, Vienna realizes there is something more sinister going on than human trafficking. Another world exists for those with different DNA. It is a dream world that anyone would love to visit, but Vienna soon discovers that they are not the only ones who know about it. As Vienna and her new Haunted House family fight to save each other, they also battle a bigger demon. In the end, Vienna has to choose between saving those she loves and saving herself.

(Stephanie Hansen, 2021)