Cynthia Sax stopped by the Nightlife Blog for a little chitchat on Genetically Engineered Heroes and Heroines!
Want the perfect lover? The perfect assassin? The perfect
being?
Design him or her.
This isn’t yet possible but it isn’t as ridiculous a
suggestion as it was a decade ago. We’ve cloned animals (and, I suspect, humans
– though no one will admit to this). We’ve replaced defective genes with
effective ones. There are experiments happening right now in laboratories that
could change who or what we are.
It is this ‘could’ that fascinates many SciFi romance
writers, including Travis and myself.
Why would we want to change humans? For military purposes?
To allow us to inhabit planets with different atmospheres or environments? To
eliminate aging and death.
How would we want to change humans? Will we make ourselves
self-healing? Give us wings and the ability to fly? Increase our speed? Our
strength?
The possibilities of genetic engineering are endless and so
are the possible characters.
Travis has his enigmatic Angel, the heroine of his
action-packed Angel 6.0 series. As he shares, she is the “untapped potential of
the human genome, the next step in human evolution.” Will she use her
enhancements to help her human creators or to help the Gran? We’re not quite
sure.
Rage, the hero of my most recent release, Releasing Rage, is
a cyborg. He’s half man, half machine, genetically designed to be the ideal
warrior. He has both processors and a brain. He learns as quickly as a computer
but has the ability to think and act for himself. His genetically enhanced
muscles supplement his protective metal frame. He heals quickly and has an
almost limitless lifespan.
Rage was manufactured to be a weapon. He’s treated as an
object. He’s well aware that, although he resembles a human, he isn’t one.
He’ll never be one. When he meets his human heroine, his differences are
amplified even more.
The great thing about genetically engineered heroes and
heroines in SciFi romance is… no one intentionally designs an unattractive
being. (grins) Angel, Travis’ heroine, is attractive. Rage, although scarred
and an earlier primitive model of cyborg, is very hunky. Genetic enhancements
can also have interesting impacts on the physical part of a relationship.
If you genetically engineer a human with one trait, what
trait would you choose? Why?
(Leave a comment below to chitchat with Cynthia!)
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Releasing Rage
Half Man. Half Machine. All Hers.
Rage, the Humanoid Alliance's most primitive cyborg, has two goals--kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that's all he's been programmed to experience.
Until he meets Joan.
Joan, the battle station's first female engineer, has one goal--survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice.
When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage's priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg's heart for both love and revenge?
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USA Today bestselling author Cynthia Sax writes
contemporary, SciFi and paranormal erotic romances. Her stories have been
featured in Star Magazine, Real Time With Bill Maher, and numerous best of
erotic romance top ten lists.
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