Science has always been especially interesting to me. Senior year of high school, I took AP Chemistry and AP Biology, won a scholarship to a DOE camp at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, toured the superconducting supercollider, and karyotyped DNA from the HIV virus.
Then I realized if I pursued biomedical engineering like I planned, I might never see the outside of a lab again.
So I moved to Alaska and put my scientific curiosity to work learning to grow food in Alaska. During my many hours of gardening, my mind created futuristic scenarios of a world without plants. A world without food. A world where bio-engineering might be the only thing that could save humanity…
Welcome, and best of luck in the apocalypse!
“This is top notch sci-fi. Hopefully we’ll be seeing more from Tam Linsey.”~ Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – Sci fi novel stands out among self published books
BOTANICAUST
The only crop left … is human.
After genetically altered weeds devastate Earth’s croplands, much of humanity turns to cannibalism to survive. Dr. Tula Macoby believes photosynthetic skin can save the human race, and her people single-mindedly embark on a mission to convert the cannibals that roam what’s left of Earth. But when Levi, a peaceful stranger, refuses alteration, Tula doesn’t think the only options should be conversion or death.
Levi Kraybill, a devout member of the Old Order, left his Holdout farmland to seek a cure for his terminally ill son. Genetic manipulation is a sin, but Levi will do almost anything for the life of his child. When he’s captured, he’s sure he’s damned, and his only escape may be death.
Tula’s superiors schedule Levi’s euthanization, and she risks everything to set the innocent man free. Now she and Levi are outlaws with her people, and abomination with his. Can they find sanctuary in a cannibal wasteland?
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TAKING THE KNIFE
Even cannibals have a code of honor…
Sefe, a cannibal Healer, struggles to keep pace with his migratory tribe. His healing skills can no longer relieve his pain, and many tribe members have been encouraging him to do his duty and ‘take the Knife.’
But Sefe is not ready to die.
Alone at the Crossing, he stumbles upon Ana, a solitary flame runna girl. The green-skinned people are mortal enemies to every living thing on the Tox, burning the land and its creatures without mercy. Sefe’s crippling injury occurred during a flame runna raid, and he’s ready to take his revenge.
But Ana has other plans. She offers him a way out of his pain. A way to avoid the Knife. If he’s willing to pay the price.
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Other science fiction Works in Progress:
DOOMSEEDS
After genetically altered weeds decimate Earth’s food crops, the Protectorate intends to eliminate hunger by offering everyone photosynthetic skin, and they won’t hesitate to eradicate those who refuse.
Jubal, a nomadic merchant, doesn’t trade in human flesh, but when his brother frees a slave from the clutches of the cannibal king, Jubal is forced to accept the king’s mission to replace the slave with Protectorate prisoners.
Once a cannibal herself, Eily appreciates the security the Protectorate offers its citizens, even though she detests their methods. After Jubal brings news that her twin sister is still alive and living among the cannibals, Eily helps the Protectorate implement a devious plan to locate the cannibal base so she can rescue her sister and the Protectorate can “clean up” the rebels.
Progress
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AMARANTOX – the Botanicaust Prequel
A woman discovers the company she works for has lost control of the genetically engineered plants intended to be the key to eternal life, and must choose between saving her daughter and revealing the upcoming apocalypse to the world.
Progress
