NOVA: The Seven is the first book in the Mutacene Chronicles by B.J. Buechler. It was released in the United States on November 3, 2008. NOVA: The Seven focuses on the story of seven boys, who develop strange powers following a government warning concerning a disease the government is trying to treat. When the young men go in for testing, they find themselves wrapped up in a world of spies, secrets, and assassins, and have to come together to save the world from a sinister man plotting domination and conquest.