The Deaths of Tao by Wesley Chu

Author:Wesley Chu [Chu, Wesley]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Sci-Fi, Thriller, Humour
ISBN: 9780857663320
Google: 3tHDnAEACAAJ
Amazon: 0857663321
Barnesnoble: 0857663321
Goodreads: 17726421
Publisher: Angry Robot
Published: 2013-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-FOUR

TIBET

Huchel, one of our brightest, once inhabited a scientist named Charles Darwin. His vessel claimed to discover evolution, but the truth is, all he discovered was our kind’s millions-year-old methodology. Humans are our children, and are only alive by our mercy. We made them the fittest to live, and for that we are owed everything.

Zoras

Enzo looked out the window of the Mi-171 transport as it buzzed over the canopy line of the thick Tibetan forest. Having grown up in the mountains of Costa Rica, he was reminded of his Central American home by this land. Sure, the trees looked different and the sharp biting edge of the Tibetan mountain air was a sharp contrast to the humidity of the jungle, but both were a far cry from the oppressive steel, concrete, and smog of Qingdao.

You miss your sheltered life at the Hatchery?

“Incubation had its pleasures, but Hatchery life was no life at all. I am now truly alive, fulfilling my destiny.”

We shall see. Your actions have been bold and successful to an extent. However, you assume too much risk.

“My apologies, Zoras. I shall work harder to earn your favor.”

A few minutes later, the dense forest opened into a clearing, and the tops of the internment camp buildings appeared. As the transport hovered in the air, Enzo took the time to study the camp below. The entire place was a mess.

He had assumed the internment camp was run like most Genjix facilities: controlled, uniform, and clean. However, the scene had no semblance of order. The buildings were a sad-looking bunch, made from wood and plaster. Several showed the blackened burns of battle while others seemed decrepit from lack of maintenance.

The center building was in much better shape than the smaller outlying facilities. It was a two-story structure reinforced with steel beams and riot control windows. Enzo watched as groups of men congregated at the western fence. Upon closer inspection, he noticed that some of the buildings on that side still smoldered. Approximately twenty meters of the fence had been torn apart as well.

We seem to have come at the right time.

With the helicopter still five meters from the ground, Enzo jumped out and landed gracefully on his feet. “You,” he called to the nearest officer directing a squad of men clearing wreckage. “Report.”

Looking irritated, the officer turned and stopped, his mouth dropped open. A man young enough to be his son was barking orders as if a general, and carrying himself as if a god. And in this case, he was right on all accounts. The officer looked him up and down and then noticed the helicopter still hovering in the air.

He did the rational thing and saluted. “Father.”

Enzo noted the tiredness around his eyes and the trembling in his hands. His left hand was wrapped hastily and blood seeped through the bandages. This man, a career soldier by his bearing, probably had not slept in over thirty-six hours.

Enzo saluted back. “What happened here?”

“Latest attack fifteen minutes ago, an explosion on the western perimeter.

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