Despair: Catgut series
He knew that his body had changed. He felt more muscular, could feel his barrel chest moving up and down as he breathed the clear air. Fear gripped him, he was within his primate, and all was dark. Sparks of light flashed in the darkness. He saw shapes and movements and tried to move but was paralysed. Panicking, he tried to cry out, but no sound emanated from him. The sparking lights coalesced, whirling into a frenzy, until terrified he could hold on to consciousness any longer and he fell into blackness.
Addiction can be cured - or so the experiments will prove. Using the revolutionary consciousness transfer by the team at Trans-Con, mental illness has been eradicated successfully and with the focus now on addiction, Leo Skazi is a reluctant participant in a larger experiment. He needs to rid himself of a nasty gambling habit, and has to take the risk to avoid off-world prison. But when they've finished with him, will he be the same? The fifth story is the Catgut series provides a glimpse of the dystopian future, where medical science has slipped its bonds of ethics, and surges on, rampant and unchecked.
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Despair: Catgut series
He knew that his body had changed. He felt more muscular, could feel his barrel chest moving up and down as he breathed the clear air. Fear gripped him, he was within his primate, and all was dark. Sparks of light flashed in the darkness. He saw shapes and movements and tried to move but was paralysed. Panicking, he tried to cry out, but no sound emanated from him. The sparking lights coalesced, whirling into a frenzy, until terrified he could hold on to consciousness any longer and he fell into blackness.
Addiction can be cured - or so the experiments will prove. Using the revolutionary consciousness transfer by the team at Trans-Con, mental illness has been eradicated successfully and with the focus now on addiction, Leo Skazi is a reluctant participant in a larger experiment. He needs to rid himself of a nasty gambling habit, and has to take the risk to avoid off-world prison. But when they've finished with him, will he be the same? The fifth story is the Catgut series provides a glimpse of the dystopian future, where medical science has slipped its bonds of ethics, and surges on, rampant and unchecked.
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Despair: Catgut series

Despair: Catgut series

by Saul Falconer
Despair: Catgut series

Despair: Catgut series

by Saul Falconer

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Overview

He knew that his body had changed. He felt more muscular, could feel his barrel chest moving up and down as he breathed the clear air. Fear gripped him, he was within his primate, and all was dark. Sparks of light flashed in the darkness. He saw shapes and movements and tried to move but was paralysed. Panicking, he tried to cry out, but no sound emanated from him. The sparking lights coalesced, whirling into a frenzy, until terrified he could hold on to consciousness any longer and he fell into blackness.
Addiction can be cured - or so the experiments will prove. Using the revolutionary consciousness transfer by the team at Trans-Con, mental illness has been eradicated successfully and with the focus now on addiction, Leo Skazi is a reluctant participant in a larger experiment. He needs to rid himself of a nasty gambling habit, and has to take the risk to avoid off-world prison. But when they've finished with him, will he be the same? The fifth story is the Catgut series provides a glimpse of the dystopian future, where medical science has slipped its bonds of ethics, and surges on, rampant and unchecked.

Product Details

BN ID: 2940162576686
Publisher: Paul Bird
Publication date: 07/02/2021
Series: CATGUT , #5
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 245 KB

About the Author

www.skfalconer.org

Saul Kenneth Falconer is the pen name of Paul Bird, an independent writer and publisher who lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and four children.
He was born and raised in Newcastle, Australia, where he studied nursing, then medicine and began his specialist training as a physician. When he is not writing, he works as a Rheumatologist, caring for people suffering from arthritis and joint diseases.
His science fiction novels, Guardian, and Warrior reflect unique take on Nordic mythology, combining ancient tales with contemporary themes in fast-paced action adventures. The third instalment in the Vanir series, Traitor, will be released in 2022.
Noir crime emerges in The Diabolus Legacy, a historical crime thriller, set in 19th Century Sydney and the Upper Hunter. The sequel to the Diabolus Legacy, The Demons Mark, will be released in March 2022.
The Catgut series are adult science fiction stories with a twist in the tail. Six gothic science fiction novellas set in an uncertain future.
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