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THE FOURTH LAYER
The United States and China had been in a trade war. In order to dominate as the world's food supplier, U.S. Government owned Walsanto Seeds had developed an innovative line of genetically modified grain seed they called Plus. CornPlus, WheatPlus, OatPlus, and SoyPlus to name a few of the biggest sellers. They grew twice as big, twice as fast, and yielded four times as much as their heirloom predecessors. The whole world embraced America's new Feed The World initiative—until a problem was discovered. Somehow, the impossible had happened, and the cocktail of genes that had been added to make them grow like that moved up the food chain.
It began with the chicken industry, then pork, beef, and dairy followed. A brilliant forensic geneticist, named Hannah Withers got involved. Her research told her that unless drastic measures were taken soon, mankind was next in line for Hybridization.
With Hannah's first attempt at reversing the Hybridization a failure, she enlisted some help from some friends at MIT to program some tiny nanobots that should be capable of doing the job manually, by brute force.
They worked fine on mice...
This story begins the second linked series that collectively form the WE'RE ONLY HUMAN universe and is aptly titled FIXING THE WORLD. It'll make perfect sense if you start reading right here, but I'll bet if you like it, in between publishing dates here, you'll go read the first 6 novellas in FEEDING THE WORLD for background. Oh yeah...they're good too!
This story finished itself on us at 32,000 words. They do that sometimes. Hayley and I promise you'll like this one!
It began with the chicken industry, then pork, beef, and dairy followed. A brilliant forensic geneticist, named Hannah Withers got involved. Her research told her that unless drastic measures were taken soon, mankind was next in line for Hybridization.
With Hannah's first attempt at reversing the Hybridization a failure, she enlisted some help from some friends at MIT to program some tiny nanobots that should be capable of doing the job manually, by brute force.
They worked fine on mice...
This story begins the second linked series that collectively form the WE'RE ONLY HUMAN universe and is aptly titled FIXING THE WORLD. It'll make perfect sense if you start reading right here, but I'll bet if you like it, in between publishing dates here, you'll go read the first 6 novellas in FEEDING THE WORLD for background. Oh yeah...they're good too!
This story finished itself on us at 32,000 words. They do that sometimes. Hayley and I promise you'll like this one!
105 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 26, 2019
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Boyd Craven Jr.
207 books38 followersBoyd Craven Jr was born in Flint, Michigan, USA on December 7, 1957. He grew up in a close, country, family environment in Grand Blanc, MI. He went to school there, and at 18, he followed his father's footsteps into a career with General Motors there where he worked for 30 years and 2 days.
Upon retiring at 48 years old, he rediscovered the love for gardening his parents had taught him, raises his own food as much as is practical and enjoys teaching others to do the same. He founded The Urban Rabbit Project to teach others how to add a meat section to their garden, no matter where they live. He published his first book in Kindle Direct Publishing in November 2012 titled "Backyard Meat Rabbits" and discovered that he loves writing too. So, here he is, trying to become a great story teller, by studying daily some of the best ones out there. He can think of no better way to spend the rest of his days, enjoying his retirement!
Upon retiring at 48 years old, he rediscovered the love for gardening his parents had taught him, raises his own food as much as is practical and enjoys teaching others to do the same. He founded The Urban Rabbit Project to teach others how to add a meat section to their garden, no matter where they live. He published his first book in Kindle Direct Publishing in November 2012 titled "Backyard Meat Rabbits" and discovered that he loves writing too. So, here he is, trying to become a great story teller, by studying daily some of the best ones out there. He can think of no better way to spend the rest of his days, enjoying his retirement!
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December 30, 2019
Part 2
Feeding the World Series was a great idea into setting the stage for Fixing The World. But Hannah. Sweet Hannah. What will become of her?
Interesting how human emotions, government regulations and modern medicine can be a hindrance and a blessing. Looking forward to see which will prevail.
Most definitely recommend this book/series. It is going to be fun.
Not exactly pertaining to the book but have to disagree with Hannah's assessment of David Hasselhoff 's adaptation of the play to the movie Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Hyde saying it was horrible.
#1 David can sing and
#2 92% who saw the movie loved it.
Feeding the World Series was a great idea into setting the stage for Fixing The World. But Hannah. Sweet Hannah. What will become of her?
Interesting how human emotions, government regulations and modern medicine can be a hindrance and a blessing. Looking forward to see which will prevail.
Most definitely recommend this book/series. It is going to be fun.
Not exactly pertaining to the book but have to disagree with Hannah's assessment of David Hasselhoff 's adaptation of the play to the movie Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Hyde saying it was horrible.
#1 David can sing and
#2 92% who saw the movie loved it.
January 14, 2020
Absolutely spellbinding
I started with the first book in the "Feeding the World" series and in 3 days time, I traversed from start to finish in this series and absolutely could not put them down. And now I have to wait for the next one. All I can say is "Dammit Boyd".
I started with the first book in the "Feeding the World" series and in 3 days time, I traversed from start to finish in this series and absolutely could not put them down. And now I have to wait for the next one. All I can say is "Dammit Boyd".
August 7, 2020
Amazing
Just when I thought I had everything figured out some strange new element is introduced. My only complaint is I’d like series in numerical order instead of parallel series all interconnected.
Just when I thought I had everything figured out some strange new element is introduced. My only complaint is I’d like series in numerical order instead of parallel series all interconnected.
January 17, 2021
When I saw that the original series was being spun off into two separate new series I wasn't too sure about this one. I wanted to hear more about the original farm... but this series is actually better than the original!
January 8, 2020
Review
I love all your books. This series is very intriguing as what could happen in the future . Can't wait for the next book
I love all your books. This series is very intriguing as what could happen in the future . Can't wait for the next book
January 9, 2020
Excellent
Excellent continuation to the series. It totally went somewhere I wasn’t expecting! I can’t wait to read more about Artemis.
Excellent continuation to the series. It totally went somewhere I wasn’t expecting! I can’t wait to read more about Artemis.
November 28, 2020
Testing
Doing shortcuts on testing and doing protocols. This be the start of a new world. If everything works out. What is Artemis and will this bring the answers.
Doing shortcuts on testing and doing protocols. This be the start of a new world. If everything works out. What is Artemis and will this bring the answers.
February 20, 2023
Very enjoyable read
Very good story line. But in today's time it doesn't seem that far from some other could really happen with our government the way it is
Very good story line. But in today's time it doesn't seem that far from some other could really happen with our government the way it is
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