The A.P.E.X. Saga (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781088006245)

In 2045, following the collapse of the Federal Government, the United States has fragmented into an uneasy alliance of sovereign city states, living side by side in nervous apprehension.

As crime runs rampant in New Philadelphia, drastic measures are considered to ensure the survival of what is left of civilization. A research program is generated and after years of painstaking work, the New Philadelphia government identified the sin of Envy as the predominant reason behind every crime. Eradicating it now became its sole purpose.

Having identified the catalyst, a new drug called Eir?iiX is conceived, allowing those who take it to change their appearance to look like anyone else.

With the population enamored with the idea and manipulated by clever marketing, an entirely new fashion for conforming to a certain look was born. But all is not as it seems and when Alex Redfields, an outsider living on the edges of the city, learns of the true purpose of Morpho, she becomes determined to free the people of New Philadelphia from the drug robbing them of their identity.

It will mean going up against some of the most powerful agents of a ruthless state as well as the corporations' desire to remain in power. Can Alex and her friends, Cami and Vex, survive long enough to uncover the truth, and save a generation from themselves?