Scrap-Heap Survivor by Wren Halcyon (.ePUB)
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Scrap-Heap Survivor by Wren Halcyon (The Clockwork Chimera: 1)
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Overview: In a world where flesh is a fatal flaw, one broken predator is about to rewrite the rules of survival.
Prepare to be completely submerged in a rusting, toxic nightmare where every breath could be your last, and hope is just another word for prey. You will feel the agonizing, desperate hunger of a fractured creature clinging to life, the terrifying weight of cold iron fusing with bone, and the blinding, adrenaline-fueled rage of an underdog pushed past the breaking point. This isn’t just a story of survival; it is a raw, emotional descent into the darkest corners of a mechanical hell, where you’ll walk alongside a three-legged stray forced to abandon his innocence to protect the very outcasts the world wants to burn.
Gristle is nothing but a starving, three-legged calico cat scraping by in the suffocating, acid-drenched alleys of Sector 9. His life is a quiet, desperate game of hiding from the colossal, grinding machines that have already taken everything from him. But when a high-tier Enforcer drone violently crashes into his territory, it leaves behind an impossible, shimmering orb of liquid metal—the Synthesis Core. A single taste of its leaking power triggers a catastrophic biological override, grafting a massive pneumatic steam-piston directly to his severed shoulder. Now, part-feline and part-engine of destruction, Gristle is a walking anomaly broadcasting a lethal energy signature to every predator in the wastes.
The metal attached to him doesn’t just want to fight; it demands raw power, slowly consuming his failing organic heart to keep itself alive. To survive, Gristle must ally with a glitchy, empathetic android carrying a dangerous secret and the scarred matriarch of a hidden mutant colony. Together, they face the Great Purge, a merciless sweep ordered by the flawless lords of the upper tiers to sanitize the bio-trash. As the apex predator of the scrapyard descends to burn their sanctuary to ash, Gristle must make an agonizing choice. Will he let the cold, unfeeling logic of the machine completely consume his soul, or will he wield the mechanical monster he’s become to tear the iron gods from their thrones?
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
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