The Monster

A new novel that explorers the terror that untested technology can bring, by the author of the Best Selling Exodus: Empires at War series. In an earlier stage of life Paul Smothers had been a SEAL, a strong man who was laid low by diabetes. Now he is a scientist, working on a high tech project using Nanotech to move people across space. The love of his life cheating on him because of his impaired ability to make love to her, Paul is a tortured and bitter man./h2>

With his friend and partner, Carl Klein, Paul develops the process, and with nothing to lose he becomes the first human volunteer. Paul's body is taken apart, then rebuilt in another part of the lab, the test of the process that will eventually send people between the planets. He comes through feeling fine, physically. Better than fine. But something is different, something missing, and Paul becomes a psychopath, a Monster.

Paul only cares about himself and his desires, and everyone else is just an object to be used. Improved through continued transference, making endless copies of himself, Paul is soon a threat to the security of the world. A creature who can replicate himself with geometric progression, he will soon reach the point where he cannot be stopped. And only his friend Carl can stop him, using the same process on himself. But can Carl go through the process and keep his humanity, or will he become a soulless monster like his friend?

An unforgetable tale of the terror that enters the lives of the people around a man when he loses part of himself. An unforgetable tale of life, death and something beyond. WARNING: This book contains depictions of violent sex and extreme physical violence, along with psychological terror. Not for younger readers.

Genre: Science Fiction