by
Jason Werbeloff
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GENRE:
Sci-fi Thriller
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7
stolen organs.
1
vengeful victim.
A
gruesome sci-fi thriller.
Organ
scrubbing was a bloody job, but somebody had to do it. Daniel, an
orphan from the Gutter, was put to work scrubbing kidneys at aged
twelve. The job had its perks: a warm bed, Law
and Order
reruns, and an all-you-can-eat Mopane worm buffet.
Until
the Orphanage stole Daniel’s parts, and sold them on the organ
market.
Now
Daniel has grown up, and yearns to become whole again. The cybernetic
organ replacements just aren’t the same – he needs his parts
back. But the new owners of his organs won’t give them up. Not
without a fight.
Just
how far will Daniel go to regain his missing pieces? And how much
more of himself will he lose along the way?
Defragmenting
Daniel is
a cyberpunk crime thriller that will unnerve you. Every part of you.
“A
work of great imagination. Powerful and gripping.”
“A
stark and moving experience.”
–
ReadersFavorite.com,
5 Star Review
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Excerpt:
“Don’t
worry about stepping on the limbs,” said Shoulders. “They’re
crunchy underfoot, but you get used to it. Forensics cleared the
scene before we got here.”
Kage knelt
down. Examined a hand. Such small fingers. He shivered.
“Told you.
No forensic traces on any of the limbs. No need to examine them. The
vic fell from above.”
Kage looked
up. In silhouette above the mobile spotlights, he could barely make
out the ceiling. But there it was, a few yards up. He thought he saw
square outlines of light perforating the concrete ceiling every five
yards or so, stretching ever deeper into the vast underground hall.
Shoulders was
on the move, ascending the mountain of human limbs. Kage followed. He
scrabbled up the pile of arms and legs, toes and fingers, elbows and
knees. He was surprised how yielding they were. How they bent under
his weight. But Shoulders was right. He couldn’t ignore the crunch
of breaking bones.
“Why’d we
legalize this?”
Shoulders
threw him a look. “Why not? They’re Gutter kids. This way at
least the Bubble gets to have its fun without anyone getting hurt.”
One of the
hands twitched, and Kage almost lost his footing.
Shoulders
held Kage by the wrist. “Woah, you don’t want to be doing that.
Those fingernails will rip you open if you land badly. Happened to
Jensen just before you got here. Poor guy almost lost his cheek.”
Shoulders shone a victory smile.
“Thanks,”
mumbled Kage.
“Vic’s
just on the other side of that ridge.” Shoulders pointed to a mound
of limbs that looked a little fresher, a little more plump and moist,
than the rest.
Kage trudged
on behind the Detective. Climbed the hillock of arms. Had to grab
hold of more than one to ascend it.
“What …
what do they do with them?” asked Kage, breathing heavily under the
mask. Beads of moisture condensed on the curve of his lower lip.
“Do with
what?”
“The body
parts?”
“I hear
they send the fresh ones for scrubbing. The rest …” Shoulders
shrugged. “The vic’s over here.”
More mobile
spotlights, their metal poles staked in the pile of flesh around the
body.
Kage looked
for the flashing red light at the bottom-right corner of his vision.
Recording. Good.
He knelt
down. Pulled out a pair of gloves from his leather jacket pocket. He
shuddered to think what the jacket would look like after this mess.
But that wouldn’t matter if he solved this case. It was the Mayor’s
brother. Captain Weeks would pay plenty to the investigator who
solved this.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Human. Male.
From an obscure planet in the Milky Way Galaxy. Sci-fi novelist with
a PhD in philosophy. Likes chocolates, Labradors, and zombies (not
necessarily in that order). Werbeloff spends his days constructing
thought experiments, while trying to muster enough guilt to go to the
gym.
He's written
two novels, Hedon and The Solace Pill, and the short story anthology,
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Purchase link
for Defragmenting Daniel: The Organ Scrubber - The
book will be free on Amazon for 4 days, August 24 – 27 2016.
The Organ
Scrubber is the first fragment of the Defragmenting Daniel trilogy:
Fragment 1 –
The Organ Scrubber
Fragment 2 –
The Face in a Jar
Fragment 3 –
The Boy Without a Heart
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