Synergy
A deadly genetic disease...
One man to cure it, one woman to be his conscience.
Released March 2007 from Zumaya Otherworlds
Cover Art by Moor Dragon Cover Design by Martine JardinBarcina's xylopoiesis. The disease was dormant in his son's body, ready to burst inside him, waiting for the right trigger. Laslo knew the symptoms by heart: first, incoordination of voluntary movements and aphasia, the loss of the ability to articulate ideas or comprehend spoken language; then, gangrene and blindness.
Laslo rubbed his eyes. Zelimir's nerve endings would begin to die, starting with the toes. Their muscle cells would transform into wooden tissue then rot, forcing the surgeons to amputate. The mutation would creep up to the torso, where it would attack the major organs, shutting them down as it invaded them.
To extend his life expectancy, surgeons would excise the rotting parts, piece by piece, until all that was left of Zelimir was a trunk with a head. Death would come soon after, the pain excruciating, his son blind, unable to express what he felt.
