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Zack Vella is a technology-obsessed bioengineer working for Titan, a robotics and artificial intelligence facility in the vertical metropolis of Brulle. Zack is one of the first to undergo Titan's voluntary limb replacement procedure. Having both his legs enhanced, Zack becomes heavily reliant on Titan's bio-blood that fuels his cyborg legs.
Eager to break free from Titan’s monopoly on bio-blood, Zack and his co-worker, Nate, set up a rudimentary lab to make their own. Zack becomes careless, letting his bio-blood supply run low, when the power goes out across the city, and Nate goes missing.
Over several days, the city’s infrastructure is attacked, and the citizens fall into panic, blaming Titan and it’s 'borgs'. The outage reveals Brulle’s deeper reliance on power – all information is stored digitally and now rendered inaccessible.
Unable to regain access to Titan, and without the information he needs to fix the lab’s broken generator, Zack runs dangerously low on bio-blood, forcing him to hatch a desperate plan.
Accompanied by an unexpected companion, Zack wanders into the heart of all that it means to be—and to not be—human.
A Courtesy Note to the Reader from the Author: Please note this is an original short story that is now being altered and extended into a novel length version, as part of my Splintered Horizon series, which starts with Amanojaku (Available now on Amazon). If you plan on reading the Splintered Horizon series, you may wish to wait until the novel version of this short story is out. You can sign up to be notified when new books are published (and check out interactive artwork) at www.damienlutz.com.au/author. Happy Reading!
Zack Vella is a technology-obsessed bioengineer working for Titan, a robotics and artificial intelligence facility in the vertical metropolis of Brulle. Zack is one of the first to undergo Titan's voluntary limb replacement procedure. Having both his legs enhanced, Zack becomes heavily reliant on Titan's bio-blood that fuels his cyborg legs.
Eager to break free from Titan’s monopoly on bio-blood, Zack and his co-worker, Nate, set up a rudimentary lab to make their own. Zack becomes careless, letting his bio-blood supply run low, when the power goes out across the city, and Nate goes missing.
Over several days, the city’s infrastructure is attacked, and the citizens fall into panic, blaming Titan and it’s 'borgs'. The outage reveals Brulle’s deeper reliance on power – all information is stored digitally and now rendered inaccessible.
Unable to regain access to Titan, and without the information he needs to fix the lab’s broken generator, Zack runs dangerously low on bio-blood, forcing him to hatch a desperate plan.
Accompanied by an unexpected companion, Zack wanders into the heart of all that it means to be—and to not be—human.
A Courtesy Note to the Reader from the Author: Please note this is an original short story that is now being altered and extended into a novel length version, as part of my Splintered Horizon series, which starts with Amanojaku (Available now on Amazon). If you plan on reading the Splintered Horizon series, you may wish to wait until the novel version of this short story is out. You can sign up to be notified when new books are published (and check out interactive artwork) at www.damienlutz.com.au/author. Happy Reading!
23 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 2, 2015
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About the author
Damien Lutz
14 books14 followersDamien Lutz is a Sydney-based UX designer, researcher, teacher and writer. He is the author of the speculative design guide Future Scouting, The Life-centred Design Guide, and two science fiction novels, The Lenz and Amanojaku. He also writes about emerging and experimental design on Medium and runs workshops and guest lectures.
Damien has made it his personal purpose to scout the fringes of design to empower the community with more awareness of what can be done with design to create a kinder and more regenerative world, for today and tomorrow.
Damien has made it his personal purpose to scout the fringes of design to empower the community with more awareness of what can be done with design to create a kinder and more regenerative world, for today and tomorrow.
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