The Experiment...

Ok.  I'm back to writing after a nice long holiday weekend.  I'm pretty pumped up about this book and am ready for it to be done because I want to know how it ends, too.  But, I suppose I will just have to wait and see how it works itself out.  So far, I have read/ written the prologue and have begun Part 1, Chapter 1.

My main character is taking shape, literally.  His name is Luke and he is the creation of Dr. Leonard Emia (ee.mee.ah).  He considers Dr. Emia to be his father.  Dr. Emia took a human cell and spliced it together with a cancer cell to create a single cell.  That was phase one of the experiment.  Phase two was to make that single cell go through the process of mitosis (split into an identical cell).  In other words, his goal was to create a living being out of the spliced cell.  As you could imagine, he got some bad publicity for this because he was 'playing God,' and there will always be those people are going to overreact to things such as this regardless of the overall goal of the project, which is revealed in phase three. 

Luke has the appearance of a ten-year-old boy, however, he has only been alive for 3 years.  He lives under constant surveillance of the dozens of scientists that perform frequent tests and experiments on him in hope of achieving phase three of the overall experiment started by Dr. Emia.  Most of the testing is painful and leaves Luke feeling sick.  Unfortunately for Luke, electricity is one of the scientists' favorite tool to use when performing tests on him.  When he is not in the lab being 'tortured,' Luke is in his living quarters, which is simply an old lab room that was converted.  The coldness in the room, however was not converted.  The walls are white, the ceiling and floor are white, the sheets on the small bed are white and even the clothes that Luke wears are white.  The bright fluorescent lights only add to the brightness and coldness of the room.

There is a single, large window that looks out into the hallway from his room.  Scientists frequent the window and stare at him with expressionless faces.  He recognized most of them.  However, when a new person appears that Luke doesn't recognized, he know right away that he is about to go through a new round of testing.  One scientist in particular makes Luke's stomach turn when he appears at he window.  Dr. Anders always leaves Luke feeling the worst when he does his testing.  Luke is certain that Dr. Anders enjoys torturing him.  Now, whenever Dr. Anders shows up in the window, Luke makes sure that he knows that he is not welcome whether it is by throwing objects at the window or spitting at him.  Dr. Anders is his arch-nemesis who always seems to come out on top.

Luke's only escape from the coldness of his living quarters and the torture in the labs is a small, white television in the corner of his room.  There are only two channels that he can watch, the World News Network and the American History Channel.  He doesn't care much for the talking heads that seem to infest in the WNN, however, he watches the AHC as often as he can.  His father told him that Luke lives in Washington D.C., the nation's capitol.  Since then, he has tried to learn everything he can about his home.  He longs to see the monuments and the fancy architecture that make of the D.C. mall area.  Little does he know, he is going to see those soon enough and they will be nothing like they look on the TV. 

So, there is a little intro. to the book and its main character.  As of now, Luke is still stuck in the lab being forced to undergo horrible testing and experimenting and not knowing why.  With every day that passes and every test that he is forced to endure, he longs even more to get out and see the world.

And We're Off!!!

I have never created a blog for a book that I am working on before.  However, I have seen several authors blog their book so I figured I would give it a shot.  I am trying to get some followers that will comment on the tid-bits of information about the book that I post on here.  Feed back is always helpful (even the negative feedback).
   The background image on this blog is a picture of the Washington Monument and surrounding area in flames.  The picture is from a video game called, Modern Warfare 2 and I found it while looking for pictures like it just for this blog.  This picture portrays the tone and some vivid imagery from my book perfectly so I decided to use it.  If anyone finds any other pictures similar to this one, please let me know, for I can use them for future posts.
   The Cure for War is set in the near future in Washington D.C.  For now, I am classifying the book as a dramatic sci-fi thriller, however that classification could change as I write.  For those who have been to D.C. you can appreciate the imagery that will be displayed throughout the book and on this blog as rather frightening.  I feel that this book will hit home with a lot of people, for Americans, save for soldiers who have been to war, don't really know what war is like.  War isn't pretty.  War isn't fair.  War has no sympathy for the innocent bystander pushing their baby across the street in a nice, fancy stroller.  When it happens, it happens and anything or anyone standing in the way will be dealt with accordingly.
   The war in this book, however is not brought on by another country; it is a civil war, brought on by ourselves and our lust for power and our governement's tinkering around with playing God.
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