Mortal Fear

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This book could not have been written without the support and encouragement of all my friends who have helped me in a difficult time. You all know who you are, and you all have my heartfelt thanks.

For my older brother, Lee, and my younger sister, Laurie.

I’ve never been between two nicer people.

The sudden appearance of the foreign proteins was the molecular equivalent of the Black Plague. It was a death sentence with no chance of reprieve, and Cedric Harring had no idea of the drama about to happen inside him.

In sharp contrast, the individual cells of Cedric Harring’s body knew exactly what disastrous consequences awaited them. The mysterious new proteins that swept into their midst and through their membranes were overwhelming, and the small amounts of enzymes capable of dealing with the newcomers were totally inadequate. Within Cedric’s pituitary gland, the deadly new proteins were able to bind themselves to the repressors that covered the genes for the death hormone. From that moment, with the fatal genes exposed, the outcome was inevitable. The death hormone began to be synthetized in unprecedented amounts. Entering the blood-stream, the hormone coursed out into Cedric’s body. No cell was immune. The end was only a matter of time. Cedric Harring was about to disintegrate into his stellar elements.

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