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Perfects
Pandora is one of the many Hephaestus children, a product of their genetic research. She was born to a surrogate mother and raised in the care of Hephaestus in a children’s home in Cambridge full of other Hephaestus children. Until the scandal broke she was totally unaware that she was different from any other child. Being academically excellent and unwilling to simply accept received wisdom she was fast tracked for her citizenship examination. Once declared legally an adult (by passing the citizenship exam) she was left to fend for herself in a shared house in Cambridge. She got involved in the struggle for civil rights for genetically modified people through her relationship with Charlie.
41 pages, ebook
First published April 18, 2013
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James Kemp
4 books48 followersI'm a Glaswegian, after decades living in Surrey, I am now back in Scotland, but in the East. I have always written stories, since I was a boy, and I've managed to carry that on even though I did a science degree and then work for the UK government. More recently I finished a degree with the Open University, which included creative writing.
Most of what I write is science fiction, and fantasy. The pandemic slowed me down, for two reasons, One is that I usually wrote on my commute. The walk to the station gave me the time and space to think about the next bit of the story and rehearse it in my head. The train journey was an opportunity to type that up. The second reason is that I've moved 500 miles north of the urban sprawl that was greater London into the green belt of Surrey. Now I'm in proper farming country that edges onto wilderness. There's a rugged landscape with traces of a rich history overlaid on a now de-populated space. I'm sure some of that is bleeding into what I write now.
Most of what I write is science fiction, and fantasy. The pandemic slowed me down, for two reasons, One is that I usually wrote on my commute. The walk to the station gave me the time and space to think about the next bit of the story and rehearse it in my head. The train journey was an opportunity to type that up. The second reason is that I've moved 500 miles north of the urban sprawl that was greater London into the green belt of Surrey. Now I'm in proper farming country that edges onto wilderness. There's a rugged landscape with traces of a rich history overlaid on a now de-populated space. I'm sure some of that is bleeding into what I write now.
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July 21, 2013
James Kemp
Not so much a review as a plug. I'm the author and I've decided that this is the best start to the Exodus series (although it was published second it starts another longer story thread than Part 1 does). So because I think that it is the best start I've decided to make it free for a while.
So if you would like a copy you can get Exodus Perfects free from smashwords (and hopefully amazon will also match the price).
Exodus Perfects on smashwords
Exodus Perfects from Amazon UK (change .co.uk to .com if you are in the US)
Not so much a review as a plug. I'm the author and I've decided that this is the best start to the Exodus series (although it was published second it starts another longer story thread than Part 1 does). So because I think that it is the best start I've decided to make it free for a while.
So if you would like a copy you can get Exodus Perfects free from smashwords (and hopefully amazon will also match the price).
Exodus Perfects on smashwords
Exodus Perfects from Amazon UK (change .co.uk to .com if you are in the US)
August 18, 2013
This Novella or short story ended very abruptly. There was not ending, it just... stopped. I found only one error, which is good.
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