Altered When you can"t trust yourself, who can you believe? Everything about Anna"s life is a secret. Her father works for the Branch at the helm of its latest project: monitoring and administering treatments to the four genetically altered boys in the lab below their farmhouse. There"s Nick, solemn and brooding; Cas, lighthearted and playful; Trev, smart and caring; and Sam ...who"s stolen Anna"s heart. Reserved and always controlled, Sam does everything with purpose. When the Branch decides it"s time to take the boys, Sam stages an escape, killing the agents sent to retrieve them. Anna is torn between following Sam or staying behind in the safety of her everyday l...