"I call it Chimera," Dr. Rowan revealed, "it's a serum that could... transform you, infuse you with the instincts and survival traits of multiple animals. The abilities to adapt, resist disease, and withstand pain. Your senses, your reflexes - they'd be heightened beyond anything we've seen!"
"What's the cost?" Kane demanded.
"You'll change, Kane. You'll become... more than you are now, something greater, something stronger, something with antibodies flowing through its veins - but something much, much less human."
In a world ravaged by a relentless plague known as the Shroud, humanity is on the brink of extinction. Desperate for a cure, scientists turn to genetic experimentation, merging human DNA with animal traits to create hopefully immune hybrids. But as the plague evolves, even the hybrids are no longer safe.
Kane is a 17-year-old wolf hybrid desperate to save his only family. So when Dr. Isaac Rowan proposes a dangerous solution - injecting Kane with his cocktail of animal genes called Chimera - Kane recklessly agrees, willing to become a powerful but monstrous abomination if it means his sister will be saved.
Now, with heightened senses and conflicting animal instincts he can barely control, Kane becomes a living weapon. But he soon realizes that Dr. Rowan's true intentions go beyond saving his sister. As he battles the feral instincts threatening to take over his mind, Kane must navigate the collapsing civilization, fend off violent hybrids driven mad by the plague, and uncover the dark secrets behind the Shroud; all while struggling to remain human.
Chimera is a story of survival, sacrifice, and the blurred line between humanity and monstrosity. As Kane descends deeper into his own internal darkness, he must decide how far he's willing to go - and what he's willing to become - in order to save the only family he has left.
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I bit my lip to try and suppress the whimper that's threatening to escape my mouth as it all too well fails .
It all happed too fast and I guess even faster to me since my vision was blurred by my tears, as I saw three more soldiers
I didn't even get to say goodbye ...
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With a world threatened to the point of non existing , they turn to the survivors of the deadly plague for a life of breeding .
They think the only way to save themselves is to create the next human race with the immune ability to survival. They will be stronger, tougher , the next generation formed to perfection.
But will it really be that easy ?
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Andrea Hughes was left to fend for herself at the age of 18 when both of her parents died due to the plague .
She's been on the run for almost a year , trying to escape the claws of the government, in need of carriers .
She never quite got her head around why they needed her if the male population was going extinct but nevertheless didn't want to find out .
She's been a fighter since day one and she's not going to stop now .
*started 08 September 2018 *
*finished 02 April 2019 *
*Edited 25 February 2020*