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For field historian Tallon Steele, pain is a constant companion—the result of a degenerative spinal injury that has left him reliant on a cane and a carefully managed "baseline" of physical dysfunction. But when a renowned specialist tells him the window for conventional treatment has closed, Tallon doesn't feel despair; he feels clarified. +4 His focus shifts to a high-stakes mystery: a video of a paralyzed man running with ease, aided by a glowing "bio-organic smart-mesh" developed by the secretive Argos Genetics . Recognizing the mesh's "liquid gold" compound from his own classified work, Tallon realizes it isn't just biotech—it’s a fragment of an ancient, 1,500-year-old system that recognizes him. +4 To stop the compound from being sold to an anonymous buyer as a "performance substrate" for supersoldiers, Tallon must infiltrate the Argo, a luxury yacht anchored in the cold Mediterranean. Armed only with a catering uniform and his expertise, he discovers that the "Gilded Fleece" is more than a cure; it’s a bridge that routes around his broken pathways, offering "pure, painless peace" and an addictive, "elevated certainty" that threatens to erase the person his injury made him . +4 In a world where ancient mythology meets cutting-edge bioengineering, Tallon must decide: will he become an invincible ghost of the system, or remain the "hurt human" who knows that the pain is the proof he is still there?
TALLON STEELE: THE GILDED FLEECE
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