His Complusion
Synopsis
Trigger warnings
This book contains scenes that some readers may find disturbing , and slightly annoying ….
Amanda McCann is a twenty two year old student at a prestigious university, whose life has become a clinical countdown. Diagnosed with an aggressive, terminal form of cancer , she has exhausted every modern medical avenue. The latest failure, a trial of Alemtuzumab, has left her "hollowed out", a ghost of the vibrant girl she once was. While her best friend and roommate, Elisa, tries to keep her anchored to the world of economics and game theory homework, Amanda is preparing to disappear.
Her destiny shifts when she is handed a business card for the First Bank of Ohio. The man she meets there is not a doctor, but Mr. Jason, a figure of immense, cold authority who operates from a glass and steel penthouse. Jason offers Amanda a "one percent gamble": a procedure he calls a "transfer." He claims he can purge the cancer by replacing her blood with his own predatory genetic strain. The catch is lethal, 99% of candidates die as their hearts burst from the pressure. To survive is to be "cured," but it is also to be Bonded.
Amanda agrees to the gamble. In a clandestine clinic, she undergoes a violent reconstruction of her essence. She survives, but the girl who walks out is no longer human. Her leukemia is gone, replaced by a cold thrumming heartbeat that is tied to Jason’s will. She returns to her student life struggling to hide her heightened senses and her new cravings from Elisa and her friend Ethan.