by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 13, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 09 CHAPTER SEVEN Design 48 The utility of a biological simulator in a place like this was obvious, at least to me, but I’d still have to get the design team on board. I believed in my program’s logic–so did...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 11, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 08 CHAPTER SIX INTERLUDE I was twelve when I first got interested in genetics. My brother Connor was ten, and we spent every waking minute together. That’s probably why I noticed the little changes. He started to tire more...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 9, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 07 “Oh.” Shenzhen was home to China’s government-sponsored research laboratories. These were basically the genetic engineering version of sweatshops. The government recruited the best and brightest right out of...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 6, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 06 CHAPTER FIVE The New Guy I took the elevator up to seven, where no one was waiting. I suppose I could have lingered in the lobby, but I imagined I could feel Fulton watching me over the security cameras. If he saw me waiting,...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 4, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 05 “Yeah, well, the jury’s still out on that.” That was news to me. From everything I’d read, Reptilian Corporation was killing it in a time when most nascent biotechs had failed. “Still, I like the...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 4, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
This book should be available now so this is the last snippet. Serpent Daughter – Snippet 44 “Yes, My Lord.” Julia bowed her head. “Beginning Friday,” Thomas said. “I have a box — that is, we have a box at the Walnut Street...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 2, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 04 CHAPTER FOUR Intercepted My jalopy was the first thing to let me down. I threw myself into the driver’s seat with twenty-two minutes left in my promised hour and jammed the ignition button with my finger. The engine made...
by Drak Bibliophile | Nov 2, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 43 Dolindas smiled slightly. “This is not for me to say. It is a decision for the goddess, who will act through Sarah, once Sarah is awake. But until then, I must ask you to step down from your position, tending to the...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 30, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 42 Landon spat in the mud, a stream of phlegm and tears. “No.” He sniffed. “Nor do I. Your choice of weapon, suh?” “Bill!” A new voice pierced Bill’s consciousness, but it was far away....
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 30, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 03 CHAPTER THREE INVENTOR PROFILE Name: Simon Redwood Companies Founded: 13 Claim to Fame: The Dragon Genome Project Current Venture: Reptilian Corporation, a genetic engineering firm. Many successful businesses arise to address a...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 28, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 41 “Sleep, little creature. Sleep and dream no more.” Chapter Nine “Therefore,” Zadok Tarami said, “one must not marry frivolously or with a double mind, but as a solemn, if joyous, act of will.” The...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 28, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 02 CHAPTER TWO The Waiting Game I left Reptilian with a good impression and a handful of vague promises. Evelyn said that they’d proceed with a license for my simulator. If it did as I promised for their genetic engineering...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 26, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Domesticating Dragons – Snippet 01 DOMESTICATING DRAGONS Dan Koboldt To Sadie, our favorite miracle. CHAPTER ONE Reptilian Three years, five months, and thirteen days after my dog died in the canine epidemic, I walked up to the door of Reptilian Corporation...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 26, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 40 Iron Andy Calhoun was famous well beyond Appalachee, and Youngstown was basically Appalachee, anyway. “Mr. Andrew is indeed here,” the hostess said. “He has already reserved your room, which is number eight,...
by Drak Bibliophile | Oct 23, 2020 | OtherAuthors, Snippets
Serpent Daughter – Snippet 39 # Cal rode the coach without companions. Charlie Donelsen was meeting with Rupp and Bondí, organizing Bondí’s testimony before the Assembly. The Creole accountant had brought with him from New Orleans ledgers indicating...
