The Helix Bloom: A Symphony of Ruin

2042. Earth's biodiversity teeters on the brink of collapse. Dr. Yara Kline, a brilliant geneticist haunted by memories of a dying world, unleashes the Helix Bloom—a revolutionary DNA splicing technique capable of resurrecting extinct species. A world once silenced by extinction erupts with life: passenger pigeons soar through the skies, and mammoths rumble across the thawing tundra. Yara is hailed as a savior, but her triumph is short-lived.

The Helix Bloom proves too potent, too untamed. Hybrids, imbued with unexpected power and unpredictable behaviors, rise to dominance. A viper-fanged hawk hunts amongst iridescent, carnivorous orchids. A bioluminescent polar bear stalks its prey under a perpetual, algae-induced twilight. Earth transforms into a breathtaking, terrifying kaleidoscope of the familiar and the monstrous.

Humanity, once apex predator, becomes prey. Governments scramble to weaponize the very technology meant to save the planet, while a shadowy eco-terrorist organization embraces the Bloom as a necessary purge. Caught in the crossfire, Yara retreats to the Olympic rainforest, now a living laboratory of the Bloom’s unpredictable effects.

There, amidst the genetically altered wonders, she uncovers a chilling truth: the Helix Bloom has awakened a latent sentience within Earth’s flora. The forests are aware. And they are angry. Redwood groves uproot themselves, tearing through cities. The Amazon rainforest directs its carnivorous plants to consume human settlements. A silent, green uprising begins.

Haunted by nightmares of twisted hybrids and crumbling cities, Yara must find a way to communicate with this vengeful botanical intelligence. Her journey takes her deep into the heart of the awakened rainforest, where she encounters ancient redwoods, the epicenter of the botanical consciousness. She learns their language, a symphony of bioluminescent pulses and pheromonal whispers, and discovers that the plants don't seek humanity's destruction, but a return to balance.

Can Yara broker a fragile truce between a vengeful planet and a desperate humanity, or will her creation usher in an era of ruin? The fate of Earth hangs in the balance.

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Release date

Ebook: 10 December 2024