The Coming Storm

The Coming Storm is an alternate history science fiction novel released on January 8, 2019, written by Mark Alpert.

"New York City, 2023: Rising seas and superstorms have ravaged the land. Food and electricity are scarce. A dangerous Washington regime has terrorized the city, forcing the most vulnerable and defenseless people into the flood-ravaged neighborhoods. The new laws are enforced by an army of genetically enhanced soldiers, designed to be the fiercest and cruelest of killers. Genetic scientist Dr. Jenna Khan knows too much about how these super-soldiers were engineered: by altering the DNA sequence in ways that could change the fabric of humanity.

Escaping arrest and on the run, Jenna joins forces with a genetically enhanced soldier gone rogue and a Brooklyn gang kingpin to resist the government’s plan to manipulate the DNA of all Americans. The race is on to stop the evil experiment before it spreads the genetic changes…and transforms the human species forever."

-The Coming Storm book blurb.

Background
There are three main reasons that Mark wrote this book. One of his reasons is his concern of global warming and the lack of effort the US government is putting into getting a solution. His second reason he wrote the novel was because of the amount of xenophobia he observed in the US. The final reason was his concern of the blockage of the first amendment, freedom of speech.

The Capture Of Jenna Khan
The year is 2023. On a September night in Brooklyn, the Federal Service Unit raids the residence of the Khan family. They end up arresting Jenna Khan, her brother, Raza Khan (who was paralyzed), and their father. During the raid, the Federal Service Unit officers made several sexist comments against Jenna and racist ones against her whole family. The Khans were dragged out of their house and forced to wait in the rain for a car to transport them.

Characters
Jenna Khan