Today I’m participating in a book blitz for Defragmenting Daniel #1: The Organ Scrubber by Jason Werbeloff. I posted a review of the book a while back and I’m such a big fan of Jason’s work that I’m happy to help spread the word about his crazy insane work. Seriously, it’s crazy good.
Read on to know more about the book, read an excerpt and enter the giveaway!
About the book
7 stolen organs. 1 vengeful victim. A gruesome sci-fi thriller.
Organ scrubbing was a bloody job, but somebody had to do it. Daniel, an orphan from the Gutter, was put to work scrubbing kidneys at aged twelve. The job had its perks: a warm bed, Law and Order reruns, and an all-you-can-eat Mopane worm buffet.
Until the Orphanage stole Daniel’s parts, and sold them on the organ market.
Now Daniel has grown up, and yearns to become whole again. The cybernetic organ replacements just aren’t the same – he needs his parts back. But the new owners of his organs won’t give them up. Not without a fight.
Just how far will Daniel go to regain his missing pieces? And how much more of himself will he lose along the way?
Defragmenting Daniel is a cyberpunk crime thriller that will unnerve you. Every part of you.
“A work of great imagination. Powerful and gripping.”
“A stark and moving experience.”
– ReadersFavorite.com, 5 Star ReviewThe Organ Scrubber is the first fragment of the Defragmenting Daniel trilogy:
Fragment 1 – The Organ Scrubber
Fragment 2 – The Face in a Jar
Fragment 3 – The Boy Without a Heart
About the bookRead an excerpt from the book
“You feel that, son?”
“No siw,” Daniel mouthed. His tongue was numb. Had been numb since they’d replaced it with the generic a year ago, but it felt more swollen than usual. Clumsy against his palate.
“That’s good. Try to relax.” The surgeon’s voice was deep and quick. Like a scythe. “Music, nurse.”
With Daniel’s head turned the way it was, he looked directly into the surgeon’s crotch. He tried to turn away, but his head had been immobilized.
A beat Daniel remembered from somewhere rolled through the operating theatre. The bass vibrated along the legs of the steel table, up, into the brace that pierced his skull, down, through its metallic fingers, and into his brain. It tickled.
The surgeon shifted. A nurse’s masked face replaced the crotch. “Don’t move.” Only her eyes showed above the mask. The doctors and nurses all looked the same with their masks on. How do they tell one another apart?
A grainy woman’s voice hissed through the beat.
We had you cleaned
We had you eat
The high-pitched whine of a bone saw echoed in Daniel’s skull. “We’ll have you open in no time,” said the surgeon.
Daniel felt pressure against his temple, above his right ear. The whine of the blade morphed to a lower, choppy grind.
We had you bathed
We had your feet
Yes, he remembered the song now. It was all the rage in the cafeteria on Friday nights, when they cleared the chairs to make room for an ad hoc dance floor.
“How the kids?”
“Good, thanks doctor. Jordan’s starting school next week.”
“Already?”
Daniel tried to swallow, but lying on his back with his head fixed at this angle, most of the saliva dribbled onto the operating table.
We ate your lungs
We heart your beat
The bone saw slowed to a toothy stop.
There was a hollow metal twang, as something red dropped into a metal bowl on the edge of Daniel’s vision.
“You doing okay there, boy?”
“Yeth, ma’am.”
The surgeon bent down. Peered into Daniel’s eyes.
“We’re in. Won’t be too much longer now.”
About the Author
Jason Werbeloff is a novelist and philosopher. He loves chocolate and his Labrador, Sunny.
He’s interested in the nature of social groups, personal identity, freedom, and the nature of the mind. His passion is translating philosophical debate around these topics into works of science fiction, while gorging himself on chocolate.
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Giveaway
Jason will be awarding a $15 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
Thanks for hosting!
Thank you for hosting my book on your blog! Readers, who is your favorite detective novelist?
Sounds like a gripping read and I do love that title.
Thank you, Richard!