She was born obsolete. The system was designed to erase her.

In a future reshaped by a genetic vaccine, women have become stronger, faster, and biologically dominant. Society reorganized around this new hierarchy, and those who refused the vaccine were reduced to a single classification: obsolete.

Kessa Strauss has spent her life surviving on the margins, knowing exactly what she is in the eyes of the world—nothing.

When she is unexpectedly selected to attend Denton University, the most elite and secretive genetic training institution in existence, Kessa is thrust into a system built to refine power and eliminate weakness. Inside its walls, students are weaponized. Loyalty is engineered. And failure doesn’t mean expulsion.

It means erasure.

Surrounded by those who see her as inferior, Kessa quickly realizes Denton is not what it claims to be. Beneath its sterile perfection lies something far more dangerous—a system designed to decide who deserves to exist.

But Kessa is hiding something. Something the system didn’t expect.

As alliances fracture, betrayals mount, and the truth about her biology begins to surface, Kessa becomes both a target and a threat.

Because Kessa Strauss was never supposed to exist.

The Gender Virus is an adult dystopian thriller about power, survival, identity, and the cost of remaining human in a world determined to redefine what human means.

Perfect for readers of Divergent, The Hunger Games, Red Rising, and The Handmaid’s Tale.

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