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The Story
A military science fiction thriller that explores the darkest implications of human enhancement through bio-engineering derived from marine biology.
Berlin, 1945: Six-year-old Filibert Austerlitz witnesses the brutal murder of his mother by Russian soldiers. Hidden behind a sofa, he experiences a psychotic break-believing he can control time, freezing every clock in the apartment at half past one. This trauma plants an obsession that will reshape human potential and cost thousands of lives.
New York, 1946: At a European orphans' refugee camp, young Filibert meets Kort Sokolov, who becomes the brother he never had. Together they join the French Foreign Legion.
Algeria, 1959: During a hostage rescue, Legionnaire Kort Sokolov saves marine biologist Zahra, whom he later marries. Filibert, obsessed with creating the perfect soldier, convinces Kort to volunteer for experimental enhancement. Using modifications derived from sea creatures-octopus camouflage systems, lamprey feeding mechanisms, distributed cephalopod nervous systems-Filibert creates a weapon that defies death itself. The enhancement works, but at a terrible cost to Kort's humanity.
Washington D.C., 2004: When a U.S. Senator is assassinated by an unidentifiable killer that moves like liquid metal and vanishes without trace, Homeland Security Agent Marcus Graven is thrust into an investigation that uncovers a decades-old NATO conspiracy. Project 19.5-supposedly destroyed in the 1960s-has survived in secret. And its creator, Filibert Austerlitz, is orchestrating a vendetta that will devastate two Norwegian cities and kill fifteen hundred people.
At the center of the conspiracy stands Kort Sokolov, now forty years into an enhancement protocol that's slowly consuming his humanity. As Graven races to prevent catastrophe, he must confront the fundamental question at the heart of all human enhancement: How much humanity can be sacrificed in the pursuit of perfection?
S.E.A. combines authentic military tactics with cutting-edge biotechnology speculation, Cold War conspiracy, and unflinching body horror. The novel explores themes of identity, loyalty, the price of transcendence, and whether technological evolution destroys the essence of what makes us human. Perfect for readers who appreciate hard science fiction grounded in real biology, military authenticity, and morally complex narratives that refuse easy answers.
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A military science fiction thriller that explores the darkest implications of human enhancement through bio-engineering derived from marine biology.
Berlin, 1945: Six-year-old Filibert Austerlitz witnesses the brutal murder of his mother by Russian soldiers. Hidden behind a sofa, he experiences a psychotic break-believing he can control time, freezing every clock in the apartment at half past one. This trauma plants an obsession that will reshape human potential and cost thousands of lives.
New York, 1946: At a European orphans' refugee camp, young Filibert meets Kort Sokolov, who becomes the brother he never had. Together they join the French Foreign Legion.
Algeria, 1959: During a hostage rescue, Legionnaire Kort Sokolov saves marine biologist Zahra, whom he later marries. Filibert, obsessed with creating the perfect soldier, convinces Kort to volunteer for experimental enhancement. Using modifications derived from sea creatures-octopus camouflage systems, lamprey feeding mechanisms, distributed cephalopod nervous systems-Filibert creates a weapon that defies death itself. The enhancement works, but at a terrible cost to Kort's humanity.
Washington D.C., 2004: When a U.S. Senator is assassinated by an unidentifiable killer that moves like liquid metal and vanishes without trace, Homeland Security Agent Marcus Graven is thrust into an investigation that uncovers a decades-old NATO conspiracy. Project 19.5-supposedly destroyed in the 1960s-has survived in secret. And its creator, Filibert Austerlitz, is orchestrating a vendetta that will devastate two Norwegian cities and kill fifteen hundred people.
At the center of the conspiracy stands Kort Sokolov, now forty years into an enhancement protocol that's slowly consuming his humanity. As Graven races to prevent catastrophe, he must confront the fundamental question at the heart of all human enhancement: How much humanity can be sacrificed in the pursuit of perfection?
S.E.A. combines authentic military tactics with cutting-edge biotechnology speculation, Cold War conspiracy, and unflinching body horror. The novel explores themes of identity, loyalty, the price of transcendence, and whether technological evolution destroys the essence of what makes us human. Perfect for readers who appreciate hard science fiction grounded in real biology, military authenticity, and morally complex narratives that refuse easy answers.
