Far from home, Damian's desire to find his younger sister entrenches him in a conflict in which soldiers are imbued with powers that transcend human ability. In Alteration, a story about selfishness of all shades, Damian finds himself scraping against the darkest depths of his own humanity as he pushes past limits that no longer seem to exist in a quest to find the life he left behind... if there's anything left to salvage.