In SerialSynapsis (Liber Telluris Book 2) Fantasy Sci-fi Action Adventure
Ancient biotechnologies, psychotic satellites, and incomprehensible enemies…
The weaponized strain of the genophage—the disease that ravaged the world, turned men into monsters, and ended the Last Era—is in remission, but the effects of its attack on the genes of the Nethress family linger…
Tvorh, an adopted Nethress biomage with everything to prove, is tasked by his liege Dorsin to invent a permanent inoculation against infection.
At Tvorh’s disposal is an unprecedented resource: a princess of the Last Era, recently released from cryostasis. In this diminished age, her knowledge and power are unmatched.
So are her psychoses and power-hunger.
When the quest for answers drives Dorsin, Tvorh, and their companions into the deepest wilds of Tellus and the blackest voids beyond it, they will learn the single terrible secret binding synapse to synapse, biomage to genophage, man to Chimera…
Past to present.
Land to sky.
And prey to predator.
Because while fractious bloodlines war across Tellus’s surface, the true threat glides unrecognized through the void of space…
Heading straight toward Tellus.
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Synapsis is the second book of a biopunk science-fantasy epic inspired by the altered philosophies and weird technologies of Dune, the ever-present familial machinations present in Exalted's Scarlet Empire, and the endless conflict of Warhammer 40K. The first book, Genophage, may be found on Royal Road.
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1. Chapter 1: A Fragile Peace
2. Chapter 2: Regina Among Insects, Part One
3. Chapter 2: Regina Among Insects, Part Two
4. Chapter 3: Shades of Death, Part 1
5. Chapter 3: Shades of Death, Part 2
6. Chapter 4: When Goddesses War, Part 1
7. Chapter 4: When Goddesses War, Part 2
8. Chapter 5: Kings and Slaves, Hunters and Prey, Part 1
9. Chapter 5: Kings and Slaves, Hunters and Prey, Part 2
10. Chapter 6: Harbingers, Part 1
11. Chapter 6: Harbingers, Part 2
12. Chapter 7: Secrets and Sharks, Part 1
13. Chapter 7: Secrets and Sharks, Part 2
14. Chapter 8: Arrivals and Departures, Part 1
15. Chapter 8: Arrivals and Departures, Part 2
16. Chapter 9: Into Vallus, Part 1
17. Chapter 9: Into Vallus, Part 2
18. Chapter 10: Buried Beneath the Sands of Strathlic
19. Chapter 11: The Half-Father of Us All, Part 1
20. Chapter 11: The Half-Father of Us All, Part 2
21. Chapter 12: A Corpse Preserved in Amber, Part 1
22. Chapter 12: A Corpse Preserved in Amber, Part 2
23. Chapter 13: The Borders of Darkness and Light, Part 1
24. Chapter 13: The Borders of Darkness and Light, Part 2
25. Chapter 14: When the Past Speaks, Listen, Part 1
26. Chapter 14: When the Past Speaks, Listen, Part 2
27. Chapter 15: Escapes, Part 1
28. Chapter 15: Escapes, Part 2
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