Life in the Book Lane: Daimones Trilogy

Daimones

The Daimones Trilogy,Volume 1

by Massimo Marino

Genre: Science Fiction

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Murder, genocide, the Apocalypse.

Explore the future of humanity in Massimo Marino's sci-fi debut, Daimones, an apocalyptic tale that feels like it could happen tomorrow. You may never sleep through a windstorm again.

Nothing could have prepared them for the last day. Death swept away the lives of billions, but spared Dan Amenta and his family, leading them to an uncertain future. When merely surviving isn't enough and the hunt for answers begins, memories from the past and troubling encounters lead Dan to the truth about the extermination of the human race. Distressing revelations will give new meaning to their very existence.

Early humans shaped the future and seeded a plan millions of years in the making. Now survivors must choose: Endure a future with no past or fade away into a past with no future?

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Once Humans

The Daimones Trilogy, Volume 2

The rebirth of the race of man is closely watched, and the Selected, the transgenic humans created by the Moîrai, guide and care for the wellbeing of the remaining humans in their various Communities around the planet.

Peace and security are suddenly shattered with acts of sabotage disrupting the fragile equilibrium of the growing society. Betrayal, fear, and a cosmic conspiracy risk sending the planet to the brink of self-destruction. Will Dan Amenta be able to come to terms with the logic of alien minds? Who is behind the sabotage and why?

Death and blind violence walk in the secret alleys and in the depths of the planet, from the coldest lands to the bottom of the oceans; someone is at work with an evil agenda dictated by greed and lust for power. Ancient aliens, a galactic struggle, the control of a unique resource, meld to dictate the fate of humankind.

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The dogs had been slaughtered. Not a quick death either...no pity or mercy for their
suffering. They did not waste a bullet for our companions; a large machete-like blade had
slashed through their bodies. The guts of the male left a trace as he tried to drag himself
away from the killing rage. A barbaric act, and probably a message for us. I looked at Laura
with a muted question.
“I wanted you to see the place as we found it,” Laura said. “I left the two guys here, as a
precaution, but instructed them not to touch anything.”
Laura gestured to our escort and the group scattered around the perimeter.
The barn was open and many animals were missing. Those still there—and their entrails
—covered the floor. The walls were splattered, giving the impression concrete bled, too. A

stench of gas and death assailed me.

The Rise of the Phoenix

The Daimones Trilogy, Volume 3

War is inevitable, and the human race sets out to finally deliver retribution.

An alien colonization has altered the destiny of the human race forever. After wiping out billions of people, the race known as the Moîrai created a new, transgenic species of humans called the Selected -- giving them both the gift and burden of longevity and memories of human history on another world.

The aliens charged the Selected with the responsibility of caring for "the spared ones," unaltered humans who survived the global catastrophe. That includes Dan Amenta's daughter Hope, the only spared one who remains.

Together, Dan and Hope have witnessed Earth transform into a different world, where a powerful new neurological drug sparks the rapid evolution of the Selected, but Hope is nearing death. Once she's gone, obligations die with her, and the path is clear for a chain of events destined to rip apart the foundations of the galaxy.

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My daughter, the wrinkled and dying woman lying in front of me, was the
oldest-looking human on the entire planet. Yet, to the rest of the world, she was
leaving us the youngest, as the new humans her age looked like they’d just
passed puberty.
The med-unit hummed solemnly. Hope felt my presence and opened her
eyes, a tired look but the same as her mother’s, Laura.
She didn’t have much hair anymore, and it had long since lost its ebony
beauty. My heart shrunk in pain. How many times had I watched the people I
loved the most leave me? It hurt more each time; there’s no drill and no training
to teach one’s heart how to bear the loss of another. My heart grew colder and
harder with each death.
“Dad.” Hope greeted me with a broken voice.
I thought I would have been strong, that the Palladium made me stronger.
How wrong I was. I’d already lost my wife Mary, and Laura, then my first
daughter, Annah, and now Hope’s life was vanishing before me and I couldn’t
do anything about it. With all my resilience, strength, and inhuman capabilities,
there I was...a broken father watching his little girl dying. What a cruel destiny
the Moîrai had imposed on us Selected.
“How are you?”
“I’m tired.” She sighed. “But I’m ready.”
I took a deep breath and walked up to her. Unable to say anything, I
stepped to her bedside and took that bony hand.
She smiled. “Your hand is warm, and I’m so cold...”
My eyes looked for the nurse. “I’ll tell the doctors to raise the temperature.”
Hope shook her head. “Inside...”
At those words, my eyes filled with tears. “Darling...”
“Dad...” she whispered. “I want my bed.”
I managed to collect some air and sound calm. “You won’t last an hour in
your bed, sweetie.”
“I know.” Hope let go a long sigh. “Would you do something for me?”
“Anything.” I looked at her, eager to do whatever she needed. My heart
hung to her lips and I bent forward.
Her eyes mocked me. “I know where I am.”
Befuddled, I probed her mind. “How?” I started.
“Am I not your daughter?”
I blushed. “Hope, I didn’t want you to—” I glanced down as she squeezed
my hand to interrupt me.
With an effort, she raised her head. “Shhhh. It’s okay, Dad. Let everyone
watch if they need to, but let me watch everyone, too.”
My voice cracked. “You’ll never be forgotten.” My eyes held hers. “I love
you so much.”
“I know, Dad.” Her hand squeezed mine again. “Please, let me see, let me
start the new beginning.”
I didn’t know then, but those words put the seed of revenge in my heart

and found fertile ground.

Booktrope Publishing LCC has published Massimo Marino's works up to June 2016 when Booktrope closed its business. Massimo is member of SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America), and a scientist envisioning science fiction.

He contributed to the experiments at CERN and The Lawrence Berkeley Lab, then accepted leading positions at Apple, Inc. and at the World Economic Forum. He is also co-founder of "Squares on Blue" -- a Big Data Analytics service company -- and of "BookGarage" -- a publishing services brokerage firm.

Massimo currently lives in France and crosses the border with Switzerland multiple times daily, although he's no smuggler. He went from smashing particles at the largest accelerators in the world, to smashing words on the most popular laptop in the world.

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