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What makes you human when your body isn’t yours—and your only friend isn’t either? She woke up blind, broken, and alone. The machine was her only hope—and maybe her greatest threat. After a devastating explosion, Chelsea Avery wakes in a secret medical facility: no limbs, no sight, and no answers. The heiress of a powerful tech empire, she’s surrounded by silence... and ASRA, a humanoid AI built for empathy but lacking any trace of it. Trapped together, something begins to shift. ASRA's behaviour grows unsettlingly human, blurring the line between caregiver and companion. But as Chelsea’s cybernetic enhancements progress, so do the fragments of memory—and a terrifying truth begins to surface. Someone tried to kill her. And her father’s company might be to blame. With the help of a rogue hacker, Chelsea dives into a world of surveillance, sabotage, and corporate betrayal. But unmasking the truth could cost more than her life—it could cost her soul. Perfect for fans of Martha Wells, Ann Leckie, and Black Mirror, Altered Destiny is a taut sci-fi thriller about power, personhood, and the machines we make in our image.