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Posthuman

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In a world unrecognizable to the one Steve knew, even rebuilding is an act of faith.

VOLUME: 1 standalone

NUMBER OF PAGES: Coming Soon

GENRE: Soft Sci-fi, dystopian thriller

TARGET: Adults

THEME: Spirituality meets science in POSTHUMAN, a dystopian sci-fi, and Orwellian thriller, in a single volume of approximately 91,000 words divided into three parts, suitable for an adult audience passionate about socio-political fiction and crime with philosophical, theological, and supernatural themes.
1984 meets Altered Carbon and mixes with pulp in this story that owes much of its atmosphere to dystopian books such as Blade Runner, The City and The City, and War of the Worlds.
POSTHUMAN always looks up to the sky, and the stars are a mirror that makes the protagonists reflect on their finiteness, with their tiny blue planet contrasting with a vast universe, where human time is opposed to an almost divine infinity.

TROPES: Bio Augmentation, Rage Within the Machine, Black and Gray Morality, Cyberpunk, Oh Crap moment, The Future Is Noir, Who Wants to Live Forever?, Big Lie, False Friend, Manipulative Bastard, More Than Mind Control, Stockholm Syndrome, You Cannot Kill an Idea.

WHO WOULD LOVE THIS BOOK? Readers with a love for crime stories with biotech tropes, cyberpunk, and dystopian settings.

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Sex, Kidnapping & Abduction, Classism, Drugs and alcohol abuse, Slurs, Death, Decay, Blood, Graphic violence, Mutilation, Death by Acid, Mentioned Self-Harm, Medical scenes.

Steve Rowe should’ve died when the bullet hit his chest. But when his wife Kim saves him with a Faustian bargain—making him Transhuman without his consent—he struggles to move past his anger. Forced to abandon her, he survives in the dark metropolis of Moundvale thanks to the Tutor, a biotechnology intended to enforce social hierarchies among those reborn as Transhuman. 

But a syndrome is sweeping through the city, turning ordinary people into killers with no memory of the crime, and the only clue is a chemical trace linked to the Tutors.

It’s not easy to come to terms with the monstrous truths revealed by the mirror; Steve knows this, and so does the implant in his mind, driving him down the path that so many others have taken. Yet the Tutor stabilizes him, kills his emotions, and forces him to surrender himself to the Collectivity.

And yet, Steve’s body keeps fighting the implant, risking his life at every turn.

But what if it’s not Steve’s body causing the problem?

What if it’s the Tutor malfunctioning?

And what exactly is a malfunctioning Tutor capable of?

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Top Quotes from Posthuman

"What do you do when there’s a bioterrorist living inside you?"

“I'll be honest with you, Rowe. Maybe upstairs they fall for your bulls**t, but I won't. A piece of paper won't be enough to convince me. I see it in your eyes. You are unstable from head to toe…”

"I would never openly attack the system. I need the f**king system: it is at the pyramid base on which my Elevation, my only purpose, rests. And I will serve it for as long as it’s necessary."

"Kim cast her bait, and I took it. Her sweet fangs tear apart my heart. It hurts, I don't care. I'm strong enough to bear it. And if the mask has to come, let it come! I would do it another million times."