Over thousands of years, the tools of war have evolved from simple clubs to precision guided missiles while the warriors wielding those weapons have changed very little. In 2099, the warriors became as advanced as their weapons. The potential of human evolution was unlocked and accelerated. Soldiers became faster, stronger and smarter. In 2099, genetics became the deadliest science. Douglas Carter was among the first of this new breed of living weapons called paranormals. Already a consummate soldier before undergoing transformation into a paranormal, he has fought for his country for his entire adult life. With the United States and all other nations at the brink of destruction, he and a team of other genetically enhanced soldiers from many nations fight a war that will either free humanity from global slavery or doom it to a life under tyranny.
The Fast Intervention Raiding and Espionage teams; elite units of genetically enhanced special operators are the tier one striking forces of the United States and its Free Nationalist Forces allies. Drawn from the world’s finest special operation forces; the F.I.R.E. teams combine the best, most demanding military training in the world with more than human physical and mental capabilities granted by advanced genetic engineering. The F.I.R.E. teams are the most lethal warriors in human history.
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“Another destroyed school,” Carter observed peering up at the old, almost ancient structure. “The WCA is consistent, at least,” he said.
“Knowledge is a dangerous thing to tyrants,” Williams observed. “It frees the mind.”
“We’re close to the old European Parliament complex, too,” Renner said. “They demolished it with high explosives. It was one of the last symbols of European democracy. The funny thing was that that’s where they voted to dissolve all the nations of Europe and form the WCA.”
“Democracy cut its own throat,” McNamara said.
“The Solvay Library was in this park as well,” Lisa Mertens said as she stepped up beside Carter. “They burned it to the ground and pushed the rubble into Maalbeek Pond. Thousands of books; some centuries old, were destroyed.” She seemed to have forgotten, at least temporarily, her animosity toward Carter. “My father used to take me to the park. We would go to the library in the morning, select a book and read to each other for the rest of the day,”
“It was the same when they occupied parts of my country,” Carter told her. “They seemed more interested in destroying schools and libraries than they were in attacking military targets.”
“Destroy the culture and you destroy the nation,” Williams said.
“But you drove them from your land,” Mertens said bitterly. “And so will we.”
The AL-EX Project (ALternative EXistence) is my first foray into light science fiction, written under the name of C M Donaldson (my real name) with a tale that tells of what happens when our main character aims to explore the dream state and manipula
“The year is 2011 and Samuel Elmsmore is adrift in the universe. After a series of breakdowns he awakens as a virtual prisoner in a hostel for the mentally ill. He’s estranged from his family and friends, and is jobless after an unfortunate incident
