![]() Touching Humanity
-- EXCERPT: “Louis? Louis, I can’t see you.” Suddenly, the lights on the space station go out, throwing me into complete darkness. The pitter patter of the leaking coolant stops as well, leaving me in sensory deprivation as I don’t feel the wall anymore. “Clementine.” He sounds so close. Like he’s right in front of me. “Louis!” I reach out. Suddenly an overhead light pops on, like a beacon in the darkness. It blinds me at first and I stagger backwards, shielding my one eyes from the brightness. And in front of me is a table. Not just any table, though. The table. The table where Louis had been sitting at while he tried removing my infected hand. Where he became infected himself, and…and… And became a part of the table. He melted into it, becoming something that was no longer man and no longer table. Something that was no longer biological and no longer inanimate. Something other. It’s in front of me right now, illuminated in this space in front of me. “Clementine,” Louis says, and I know that it’s indeed coming from the thing in front of me. I find that I’m shaking my head, feeling like the lost little girl from so long ago. “No,” I whisper. “No.” “Help me, Clementine. Help me.” I don’t know how. I have the vaccines hidden away in my quarters back on the Picara II. But that’s in another plane of existence, thousands of light years away. There’s no way I can get to them in time. No way I can save the man who saved me from the horrors of Dark Horse-1. “I can’t!” I cry out. “I don’t know how.” “Please…” Louis says. From what mouth, I have no idea. It’s like he’s speaking directly into my mind. “Please help me, Clementine. Like I helped you.” “I…I don’t know how…” I whisper brokenly. My fingers flutter above the table, and I’m not sure if I should touch it. If I do, I could get infected. Yet, right now, that’s all I want to do. “You did this.” I hiss a deep a breath as the harsh words cut through me. Louis’s tone has changed now, into something harsher, more sinister. “You did this to me.” ![]()
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Lisa Brown
12/2/2017 05:08:14 am
congrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
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Janet W.
12/2/2017 08:27:24 am
I love this unique cover! Sounds like an interesting read!
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Sara Zielinski
12/2/2017 04:51:08 pm
Thank you for telling me about this book.
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Elena
12/2/2017 10:29:11 pm
Sounds like a great read. Thank you!
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Jolanda
12/3/2017 01:57:53 am
Sounds like an interesting read! Thank you.
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Nikolina Vukelic
12/5/2017 07:45:29 am
The book sounds very intriguing, thank you for the reveal!
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Cynthia R
12/5/2017 08:17:25 pm
Sounds like an exciting book, reminds me of Star Trek or something.
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