Mark E. Cooper

Lin Xia only wanted enough money to keep her family afloat. A scholarship student, she's used to pressure, debt, and doing without. Then a lab accident leaves her able to see and change the hidden structure of non-living matter. At first, the power feels like a secret miracle. A way to fix what life keeps breaking. But every shortcut creates a bigger problem. As Lin Xia uses her impossible gift to help her family and outrun humiliation, she draws the attention of predators, officials, and forces far larger than herself.
Before she can run, she's already a national asset. And a target for everyone else.