Vatic
by Kev Heritage
258 pages· 2015· ISBN 9781518679148
About
No memory, half-dead and 100% in your face...
Top Company scientist, Chen Jelinek, has committed suicide. Vatic, a half-alive empath with no memory of who or what he is, will die in six-hours if he can't find out why-or so the Company tells him-an 'added incentive to get the job done'.
Our hero soon discovers he is one of the Skilled, a genetically enhanced human revered and despised in equal measure-a bloodhound with a terrifying past who'll stop at nothing in his pursuit of truth.
He is unceremoniously dumped at the Company's most prestigious labs, where he meets the 'best-of-the-best'—scientists at the pinnacle of their profession—and the pompous and annoying Facility Director, Anton Frederix.
Vatic is not welcomed with open arms—the over-indulged base experts try to hinder his investigation rather than give him the help he requires. But Vatic is not the type to give up easily, especially when his life depends on it.
And just what is the mystery surrounding the black flowers found in the vast hydroponics domes, the alien mould cultivated by the lab's Director, and the base-wide system failure threatening everyone's lives? If Vatic knows one thing, it's that he's the guy to solve this, no matter how complicated or messed up it may be.
With time running out, Vatic must use all of his genetically modified wits to survive. And 'the Skilled always get their guy'... don't they?
Top Company scientist, Chen Jelinek, has committed suicide. Vatic, a half-alive empath with no memory of who or what he is, will die in six-hours if he can't find out why-or so the Company tells him-an 'added incentive to get the job done'.
Our hero soon discovers he is one of the Skilled, a genetically enhanced human revered and despised in equal measure-a bloodhound with a terrifying past who'll stop at nothing in his pursuit of truth.
He is unceremoniously dumped at the Company's most prestigious labs, where he meets the 'best-of-the-best'—scientists at the pinnacle of their profession—and the pompous and annoying Facility Director, Anton Frederix.
Vatic is not welcomed with open arms—the over-indulged base experts try to hinder his investigation rather than give him the help he requires. But Vatic is not the type to give up easily, especially when his life depends on it.
And just what is the mystery surrounding the black flowers found in the vast hydroponics domes, the alien mould cultivated by the lab's Director, and the base-wide system failure threatening everyone's lives? If Vatic knows one thing, it's that he's the guy to solve this, no matter how complicated or messed up it may be.
With time running out, Vatic must use all of his genetically modified wits to survive. And 'the Skilled always get their guy'... don't they?
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