Thursday, August 25, 2016
Book Blast + #Giveaway: Defragmenting Daniel: The Organ Scrubber by Jason Werbeloff @JasonWerbeloff @GoddessFish
Defragmenting Daniel: The Organ Scrubber
by Jason Werbeloff
GENRE: Sci-fi Thriller
BLURB:
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:
“You feel that, son?”
“No siw,” Daniel mouthed. His tongue was numb.
Had been numb since they’d replaced it with the generic a year ago, but it felt
more swollen than usual. Clumsy against his palate.
“That’s good. Try to relax.” The surgeon’s voice
was deep and quick. Like a scythe. “Music, nurse.”
With Daniel’s head turned the way it was, he
looked directly into the surgeon’s crotch. He tried to turn away, but his head
had been immobilized.
A beat Daniel remembered from somewhere rolled
through the operating theatre. The bass vibrated along the legs of the steel
table, up, into the brace that pierced his skull, down, through its metallic
fingers, and into his brain. It tickled.
The surgeon shifted. A nurse’s masked face
replaced the crotch. “Don’t move.” Only her eyes showed above the mask. The
doctors and nurses all looked the same with their masks on. How do they tell
one another apart?
A grainy woman’s voice hissed through the beat.
We had you cleaned
We had you eat
The high-pitched whine of a bone saw echoed in
Daniel’s skull. “We’ll have you open in no time,” said the surgeon.
Daniel felt pressure against his temple, above
his right ear. The whine of the blade morphed to a lower, choppy grind.
We had you bathed
We had your feet
Yes, he remembered the song now. It was all the
rage in the cafeteria on Friday nights, when they cleared the chairs to make
room for an ad hoc dance floor.
“How the kids?”
“Good, thanks doctor. Jordan’s starting school
next week.”
“Already?”
Daniel tried to swallow, but lying on his back
with his head fixed at this angle, most of the saliva dribbled onto the
operating table.
We ate your lungs
We heart your beat
The bone saw slowed to a toothy stop.
There was a hollow metal twang, as something red
dropped into a metal bowl on the edge of Daniel’s vision.
“You doing okay there, boy?”
“Yeth, ma’am.”
The surgeon bent down. Peered into Daniel’s
eyes.
“We’re in. Won’t be too much longer now.”
AUTHOR BIO:
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, Obsidian Worlds. His books will make your
brain hurt. And you'll come back for more.
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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
Giveaway:
$15 Amazon or B/N GC
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4 comments:
Thank you for hosting my book on your blog! Readers, what’s your favorite sci-fi novel?
You're awesome and I do appreciate you bringing us this great giveaway. Thanks for all you do!
Thanks for hosting!
Happy FRIDAY!!! Have a good one and thanks for the chance at winning.
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