The Story:
Jilted by his lover and boss on the same day, Genesis is on the brink of despair and on the edge of a complete breakdown when he is suddenly salvaged from the dumpster of heartbreak by a total stranger. Salvation very surprisingly, comes along in the form of a unique job opportunity as Genesis is quickly recruited to become part of a company that utilizes technology to adapt people's minds through chip implants.
Luxury, wealthy clients come to Genesis to request his services as a People Adapter and he immediately satisfies their deepest and darkest desires as he creates killers, beauty queens and anything else they aspire and desire to be. However as Genesis rapidly becomes submerged in this very superficial world and intriguing work, a shady mysterious figure suddenly arrives on the scene that starts to haunt his existence and begins to threaten his life.
Compromise quickly becomes his companion as Genesis not only adapts his client's minds but also begins to experiment with his own as he pushes the boundaries of his own moral beliefs and starts to get lost in the depths of his own infinite desires. Suddenly an unexpected meeting with a female stranger however, starts to challenge the compromises he has made, everything he has begun to place trust in and who he has changed his mind to become.
That which saves us can also destroy us....
The Glitches Series explores the possible facilitation of technology and things that can potentially go wrong when technology behaves in unexpected manner due to Glitches, it also includes an underlying exploration of how human beings control and interact with that technology when 'the end justifies the means' approach is applied to technological developments and their implementation and examines how that can result in both negative and positive outcomes. Written by Jill Thrussell
Some quotes from the paperback:
Adaptations
His expenditure had definitely escalated with every step he'd taken towards his proposal and Genesis hadn't even actually reached the restaurant yet, marriage proposals were really expensive, he quietly concluded. ~ Jill Thrussell
A marriage proposal, once it was made couldn't ever be retracted and as Genesis had taken each small step across that narrow pole towards the other side, he'd crossed the pit of possible rejection, extremely carefully. ~ Jill Thrussell
He had actually allowed another woman that wasn't Cherise to touch his naked flesh and comfort his broken spirit and that step although it was a small one was an extremely important step on the road to his recovery, after facing the crippling impact of Cherise's very sudden departure.
Inside Genesis's mind, the two had been a very happy couple and a happy couple that were just one step away from the altar, yet in Cherise's mind their relationship had been something totally different. ~ Jill Thrussell
To Cherise, their romance had been unsatisfactory, substandard and had even made her absolutely miserable and her misery was a destination situated very far away from the happiness that Genesis had felt. ~ Jill Thrussell
Initially, Genesis had really struggled to stand back up and step back up onto the ladder of life but now with Caton's help, he had a purpose once more and hope herself it seemed had blessed Genesis's life with her warm, caring hands and given him something to actually live and work for once again. ~ Jill Thrussell
The prospects of a potential marriage that had in recent times seemed so very close had now totally vanished and disappeared into thin air as they had rapidly departed very abruptly, alongside Cherise. ~ Jill Thrussell
She had totally exited from Genesis's life and as she'd hit the door, she'd trampled those hopes of a loving marriage into the ground with her every step as she'd slammed the door very firmly shut behind her. ~ Jill Thrussell
Every step was very delicately and precisely placed as each step that the women took was a step would ultimately have an impact on their future and the ten young female contestants seemed to fully appreciate and understand the gravity of the event and their participation within it. ~ Jill Thrussell
Each movement they made held the key to their potential victory and that meant therefore that not a single step taken could actually be out of place. They were effectively walking towards their future in a very literal sense of the word or rather strutting towards their future. ~ Jill Thrussell
The deep scars and past hurts that were engraved upon his heart due to his past negative experiences had restricted his romantic interactions with women and as yet Genesis had not stepped out of that pain and opened himself up to love again. ~ Jill Thrussell
Essentially there was no real romantic commitment between the two as yet but inside his heart, Genesis definitely felt as if he'd started to take the first steps towards one and in some ways, he almost felt as if he'd actually betrayed her somehow. ~ Jill Thrussell
For Genesis, there had to be more to life and romance than just the shadow of Cherise's disappointment and today Genesis had to change himself to finally step out of that shadow and into the light of a fresh romantic possibility. ~ Jill Thrussell