Borne

In a derelict, ecologically ravaged city, where a colossal, despotic bear named Mord reigns with unsettling intelligence and the remnants of a powerful, dangerous Company's biotech litter the landscape, Rachel, a resilient scavenger, makes a life-altering discovery. From Mord's fur, she salvages a small, enigmatic creature she names Borne. As Borne rapidly grows and evolves, exhibiting an unnerving sentience and profound connection to Rachel, he becomes both a source of wonder and a dangerous variable in their precarious existence. Her enigmatic lover, Wick, a reclusive former Company scientist who trades in potent, often volatile, biotech concoctions, views Borne with a mixture of suspicion and predatory interest, seeing him as raw material rather than a being. As Borne's true nature begins to manifest, revealing his unsettling potential to reshape their world, the fragile peace between Rachel and Wick unravels. The novel delves into the complex dynamics of family, survival, and identity, set against a backdrop of environmental catastrophe and biotechnological horror, forcing its characters to confront the monstrous and the human within themselves and each other, blurring the lines between creation and destroyer.