Book Excerpt
The group performed a kind of rite of
passage where Angie would read a new person in their lives. Alex avoided this
as long as possible but one night, after relentless chiding, he gave in. They
all sat around the dining room table after a makeshift dinner that Adam and
Bill had put together when Tommy said, "I think it's time for Angie to
read Alex." Alex did his best to decline, but Tommy persisted.
"Come on, you've dodged this long
enough. Hey, we've all been through it. I'll even buy you a drink
afterward."
Alex relented. "Okay. Okay. I'll do it
for you, Tommy." Tommy stood up on his chair and gave Alex a big kiss on
the head while the others laughed, except Angie who wasted no time staring into
space.
Angie continued her trance-like state for a
few moments then blurted out a few statements: "Big...big. Things with this
one...much despair...I get betrayal...I get lost love."
"Hey, join the crowd," Tommy
butted in. "I think all of us were in a romance that ended up turning to
stone."
Angie continued: "No, not the usual
kind...this is big...big...like changing the course of history big." She
looked at Alex, her eyes looking into his mind and causing a shudder to trickle
down his spine. "Not to despair; an angel will save you," she said.
A strange feeling came over Alex. Shivers
ran up and down his spine, and he fought the powerful emotions bubbling up from
deep inside. It was as if Angie had connected with his soul and ripped it out
for everyone to see. He hated his vulnerability and wanted to bolt out of the
room and run as fast and as far away as possible. He had worked hard at burying
his despair, and now Angie apparently had no problem dredging it up and
plunking it on the table like a Thanksgiving Day turkey. Angie dropped her head
and began to sob.
"Angie, are you okay?" Bill said
as he and Adam moved to console her.
"I've seen her do a lot of these
readings, but I've never seen her look like that," exclaimed Tommy. The
carefree tone of the room turned dead serious.
"I'm okay." Angie pulled herself
together. "Strong karma with this one..."
Alex, shaking and dripping with sweat,
broke the tension by turning to Tommy, who was now displaying a serious and
pale face, and saying, "Did you say something about buying me a
drink?" In a few moments they were out the door.
About the Book
Title: The X-Cure
Author: Bruce Forciea
Genre: Medical Thriller / Science Fiction
Dr. Alex Winter, a brilliant biomedical
engineer, teams with Dr. Xiu Ling, a beautiful Chinese scientist, to
discover a revolutionary cure for cancer. But Tando Pharmaceuticals, the
world’s largest and richest drug producer, also has an interest in the
cure, and when they discover that the treatment is flawed as recipients
begin to die after four months, causing a media frenzy and a drop in
Tando’s stock, they call upon their ‘Mercenary Soldiers of Medicine’ to
maintain global domination.
Author Bio
Bruce
Forciea is known for taking complex scientific concepts and making them
easy to understand through engaging stories and simple explanations. He
is an Amazon Best Selling Author and has written several books on
healing and biology which include Unlocking the Healing Code, An Easy
Guide to Learning Anatomy and Physiology and An eText of Anatomy and
Physiology. The X-Cure is his debut fiction work. Dr. Forciea teaches
Anatomy and Physiology for Moraine Park Technical College and Unitek
College. Professional projects include writing and producing college
science courses, producing digital media including over one hundred
science videos, ebooks, custom labs and websites. His fiction writing
draws on a diverse and eclectic background that includes touring and
performing with a professional show, designing digital circuits for a
defense contractor, treating thousands of patients while running
successful chiropractic and wellness clinics and now teaching life
science and wellness. Dr. Forciea lives in Wisconsin and loves writing
during the solitude of the long Northern winters.Links
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Author Website: http://www.drbruceforciea.com/
Twitter link: https://twitter.com/DrBruceForciea
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