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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: Gen lost her entire life in an accident. More importantly, she lost her son Dar. Now she's trying to rebuild. Her psychologist assigns her a chimera--an animal genetically mutated for science, but removed from its experimental roots. Gen and the chimera discover healing--together.

eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: SciFiction, 2000
Fictionwise Release Date: April 2004

67 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor

Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [115 KB], eReader (PDB) [44 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [31 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [29 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [86 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [100 KB], hiebook (KML) [100 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [58 KB], iSilo (PDB) [26 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [33 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [60 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [46 KB]
Words: 9894
Reading time: 28-39 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format:  Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED

The car stopped on the rain-soaked side street. Ancient oaks covered the road like a poorly maintained roof, making a dark day seem even darker. Gen checked the guidance system on her new Toyota. Everything seemed to be working properly. She peered through the water-streaked windshield, and saw only 20th century farmhouses, lovingly restored and painted nice sedate colors--brown and tan and the occasional white. Not that the colors made much of a difference in this weather.

Sometimes it felt as if she were trapped in darkness, as if the gray netherworld of an Oregon winter would never end. Dr. Prichard wanted her to go to Hawaii or the southwest to soak up some light, but Gen felt as if she didn't deserve light--at least, not yet.

In her right hand, Gen still held the piece of paper Dr. Prichard had given her. The paper was crumpled now and the doctor's bold scrawl smeared. The paper hadn't been necessary. Dr. Prichard, at Gen's request, had her computer send the address to Gen's car. But these days, Gen liked double- and triple-back ups, especially those that could not be wiped out in an instant. Dr. Prichard said it was a reaction to the accident, a passing insecurity, brought on by Gen's heightened knowledge of the fragility of life.