False Hearts: A Novel
by Laura Lam /
2016 / English / PDF
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Laura Lam's adult sci-fi debut
Laura Lam's adult sci-fi debutFalse Hearts
False Hearts: Two formerly
conjoined sisters are ensnared in a murderous plot involving
psychoactive drugs, shared dreaming, organized crime, and a
sinister cult.
: Two formerly
conjoined sisters are ensnared in a murderous plot involving
psychoactive drugs, shared dreaming, organized crime, and a
sinister cult.
Raised in the closed cult of Mana's Hearth and denied access to
modern technology, conjoined sisters Taema and Tila dream of a
life beyond the walls of the compound. When the heart they share
begins to fail, the twins escape to San Francisco, where they are
surgically separated and given new artificial hearts. From then
on they pursue lives beyond anything they could have previously
imagined.
Raised in the closed cult of Mana's Hearth and denied access to
modern technology, conjoined sisters Taema and Tila dream of a
life beyond the walls of the compound. When the heart they share
begins to fail, the twins escape to San Francisco, where they are
surgically separated and given new artificial hearts. From then
on they pursue lives beyond anything they could have previously
imagined.
Ten years later, Tila returns one night to the twins' home in the
city, terrified and covered in blood, just before the police
arrive and arrest her for murder--the first homicide by a
civilian in decades. Tila is suspected of involvement with the
Ratel, a powerful crime syndicate that deals in the flow of
Verve, a drug that allows violent minds to enact their darkest
desires in a terrifying dreamscape. Taema is given a proposition:
go undercover as her sister and perhaps save her twin's life. But
during her investigation Taema discovers disturbing links between
the twins' past and their present. Once unable to keep anything
from each other, the sisters now discover the true cost of
secrets.
Ten years later, Tila returns one night to the twins' home in the
city, terrified and covered in blood, just before the police
arrive and arrest her for murder--the first homicide by a
civilian in decades. Tila is suspected of involvement with the
Ratel, a powerful crime syndicate that deals in the flow of
Verve, a drug that allows violent minds to enact their darkest
desires in a terrifying dreamscape. Taema is given a proposition:
go undercover as her sister and perhaps save her twin's life. But
during her investigation Taema discovers disturbing links between
the twins' past and their present. Once unable to keep anything
from each other, the sisters now discover the true cost of
secrets.