(The Book FLAWED is an unpublished manuscript intended to be the first book of a YA SciFi/Fantasy Series. The book is 135,000 words. Cover Art is on the first page) Book Description Long Version: Paradisiacal, at least on its romantic surface, Ilsanda is a remote tropical island inhabited by the most perfectly created youthful beings on future Earth, who, underneath their sun-drenched perfection, possess one fatal genetic flaw, which, at any given moment upon the slightest imperfect provocation, amid Islanda's sunny beaches, dense jungles, air-bungalows, seafood feasts, bizarre mutated creatures, caverns, and towering, cliffside education complexes, can flare into the violence of the most extreme, bloodiest sort. Though they don't realize it, yet, the "perfect" youths hidden propensity for sudden violence is what led them to be Ilsanda-contained, in order to stave off any wider effects of their violent genetic flaw. Ilsanda is the only home they have ever known. Raised by Elders who teach them only what is allowed, and exist under the close watch of Security Guardians, who, upon witnessing any trace of violence, sedate them and haul them off to the dreaded C-Complex. Because these altered children are raised "in the dark" without the knowledge of who they really are, technology, or glimpses of the world beyond Ilsanda's surrounding seas, most of them lack one vital, shining trait: curiosity. Then there’s Ethan. Though not as beautiful or athletic as everyone else, he possesses enough stability, affable ordinariness, and relentless curiosity to make him stand out, even among the extraordinary youth around him, who, unlike him, is wildly unpredictable as they are attractive. As more and more violence erupts amid Ilsanda's exotic beauty, Ethan and his friends discover a forbidden book that changes everything—in order to survive, he will be tested against the growing violence and everything "perfect" Ilsanda represents. This book may just hold the answers to all of their questions. But what does the truth cost? And are answers worth risking his life and those of his friends?