Malformation

<p><strong>A surgeon. A prisoner. A love that changes the world.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Story Ross is not a rebel. She's grateful to The Bastion. Their artificial intelligence models rule supreme after blanketing the world in stability by ending World War III. As a brilliant young healthcare prodigy Story is poised to begin her career working with the AI healthcare models. Every surgery every birth every death is run by them.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When her younger sister Lark is placed on an end-of-life countdown by her AI doctors Story is consumed by finding a way to fix the mysterious birthmark taking a deadly toll on Lark's small body.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A forced trip into the heavily guarded Hocking Forest reveals truths that rewrite the rules of Story's life and loyalty. There she encounters Ivan Rhys the imprisoned man who will do anything to save her all while setting her soul and career on fire. He holds the secret to saving not just Lark but the entire world.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What tipping point forces her hand to be the first human to wield a scalpel in decades?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Malformation is book one of the Irontrace Saga. Look for book two Malice early 2026!</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>© 2025 </span></p>