Synopsis
(Note to the reader: the sequel to Genophage is Synapsis, and it's going up on Royal Road now!)
Two bloodlines of biomages at war.
Two families facing destruction.
Two millennia since disease and monstrous chimeras ended the Last Era’s civilization.
Tvorh, a scrappy urchin who unearths wonders of ancient biotechnology…
Tvorh's discovery of a Last Era trove is priceless. It's too bad there's no way for him to sell the information and buy his family’s way out of poverty, since Gens Nxtlu, the bloodline that holds the city where Tvorh lives, is more likely to torture than pay him for the information. So when a biomage born of Nxtlu’s sworn enemies falls into his lap, he realizes there’s a way out.
A dangerous, bloody way out.
Because new allies mean new enemies. Because Tvorh's not the only one who’s unearthed the biological wonders and horrors of the Last Era. And because his family isn’t the only one fighting extinction.
Good thing this street rat knows how to knife-fight.
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Genophage is the first book of a biopunk science-fantasy epic inspired by the altered philosophies and weird technologies of Dune, the ever-present familial machinations present in Exalted's Scarlet Empire, and the endless conflict of Warhammer 40K. I will post a minimum of one chapter per week (roughly 5000 words, on average) in multiple installments per week until all chapters are online.
Table of Contents
- 1Chapter 1: Prime Assay2024-11-13
- 2Chapter 2: Chimeras and Blue Bloods, Part 12024-11-13
- 3Chapter 2: Chimeras and Blue Bloods, Part 22024-11-13
- 4Chapter 3: History Unearthed, Part 12024-11-13
- 5Chapter 3: History Unearthed, Part 22024-11-13
- 6Chapter 4: Family, Part 12024-11-13
- 7Chapter 4: Family, Part 22024-11-13
- 8Chapter 5: Ascent, Part 12024-11-13
- 9Chapter 5: Ascent, Part 22024-11-13
- 10Chapter 6: The Sodality, Part 12024-11-13
- 11Chapter 6: The Sodality, Part 22024-11-13
- 12Chapter 7: A Gens in Need, Part 12024-11-13
- 13Chapter 7: A Gens in Need, Part 22024-11-13
- 14Chapter 8: That Which Could Not Be2024-11-13
- 15Chapter 9: A Night of Masques, Part 12024-11-13
- 16Chapter 9: A Night of Masques, Part 22024-11-13
- 17Chapter 10: In the Princeps' Court2024-11-13
- 18Chapter 11: Where It All Began, Part 12024-11-13
- 19Chapter 11: Where It All Began, Part 22024-11-13
- 20Chapter 12: Mustering2024-11-13
- 21Chapter 13: First Strike, Part 12024-11-13
- 22Chapter 13: First Strike, Part 22024-11-13
- 23Chapter 14: Exchange, Part 12024-11-13
- 24Chapter 14: Exchange, Part 22024-11-13
- 25Chapter 15: Rally2024-11-13
- 26Chapter 16: Infection Unleashed2024-11-13
- 27Chapter 17: Fortitude2024-11-13
- 28Chapter 18: The Beginning of the End, Part 12024-11-13
- 29Chapter 18: The Beginning of the End, Part 22024-11-13
- 30Chapter 19: The End of the Beginning, Part 12024-11-13
- 31Chapter 19: The End of the Beginning, Part 22024-11-13
- 32Chapter 19: The End of the Beginning, Part 32024-11-13
- 33Chapter 19: The End of the Beginning, Part 42024-11-13
- 34Chapter 19: The End of the Beginning, Part 52024-11-13
- 35Chapter 20: Parley, Part 12024-11-13
- 36Chapter 20: Parley, Part 22024-11-13
- 37Chapter 21: Victory, For a Moment, Part 12024-11-13
- 38Chapter 21: Victory, For a Moment, Part 22024-11-13
- 39Epilogue2024-11-13
- 40Bonus Short Story: When in the Course2024-11-13
- 41Bonus Short Story: Falling Toward Freedom2024-11-13
- 42Bonus Short Story: The Last Era2024-11-13