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Last published Thu, May 28, 2015
In the future, evolutionary medicine dominates the world of medicine and science. As scientists experiment to accelerate the evolutionary process, they mutate specific DNA strands to artificially select preferable traits. With every success, there is an equally impressive failure. When a mutated bacterial strain in a lab is accidentally exposed to human embryonic cells, an unknown mutation causes the amygdalas of the fetuses to mutate and therefore the resulting humans have a changed response to emotions, memories, and fear.
To the world, they are genetic freaks. Evolutionarily superhuman.
Cadmon Rek.
Kenner Prea.
Isla Beldric.
Elde Devlen.
They all know loss. They all know pain. The only thing they don't know is fear.
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