<p><strong>In a world where the high-tech Changers rule and the average person is expendable</strong>&nbsp;Krystal Peterson was at the bottom of the bottom. Friendless ugly blemished and scarred Krystal was a loner living on the street destined to die young. She would have agreed to anything to change her miserable existence.</p><p>When the Changers offered her redemption good looks and immortality Krystal made the deal of a lifetime. The assignment was easy: Infiltrate the Punks. Absorb a high-ranking commander. Life was good until she began to question her feelings for her target victim. Krystal found out forever is a long time when you&rsquo;re indebted to the Changers.</p><p>Dion the backbone of the Punks has a monkey on his back the size of an AI mutant Chybrid. The elite Changers bring everything in their high-tech arsenal to the Perimeter Gate. With blurring loyalties and spies in his ranks Dion must face the battle head-on&mdash;without Krystal and without his top field commander.</p><p>Now rejected by the Punks and banished by the Changers Krystal must choose a side. She doesn&rsquo;t know she holds a winning hand that will bring her to new heights scars and all. Before she finds that place inside herself she finds a new depth of despair she had never seen.</p><p>Fighting against all odds with a rag-tag group of misfits and society&rsquo;s rejects the Punks hold the fate of civilization in their hands.</p><p>Hang on for the ride! This high tension fast paced story of redemption the elite vs the oppressed and discovering self-worth will have you turning pages deep into the night.</p><p><strong>Absorbing Lives is a dystopian sci-fi urban thriller featuring a strong female lead and a diverse cast of characters.</strong></p>