Dress Your Marines In White (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
Summary: This story starts out with Dr. James Cutlass, Brayden’s father, at his desk trying to type out an official report about the MORS Test, that he and his colleagues set-up. The story is kind of like a flash back because Dr. Cutlass is remembering the horrific past, but is typing it up in present time. The author lets you know what Dr. Cutlass is really feeling and thinking, what actually occurred during the experiment, and also what he types out for the official documentation of the experiment.Dr. Cutlass works for Drs. Massey and Savic; they are studying the effects of MORS, a Class One biological-warfare compound. The researchers have just got to the point where they are now going to test the compound on people opposed to other lesser primates. They use volunteer Marines to test out the compound. The volunteered Marines have each committed an infraction and are from the garrison at Fort Leavenworth; their participation pardons them for their wrong doing.Dr. Massey has decided instead of placing each Marine in a separate testing area; they will be placed in the same one. The test subjects will be restrained, and there is an antidote that will be sprayed onto the test subjects at the end of the testing period. The researcher have performed many safety check, but this still something goes wrong.Review. Wow, this was a tough read—it was very brutal. I love how you can feel the remorse and pain that Dr. Cutlass feels. This story is very good and gives a background to not only the creation of the MORS compound, but also to Brayden’s home life. I feel like this story is best read after reading the first book Monument 14, so that an air of mystery about the MORS isn’t stolen from the book. A short story, prequel to the Monument 14 Series. Here you meet the doctors who created the drug know as MORS and test they ran on human subjects. They already knew how deadly it was but continued to work on it and test it for the government.And something that I do not recall was ever revealed in the series so far ....... possible spoilers belowThere is a cure. There is a "Safety Gel" they are finally able to deploy after the testing has gone out of control to stop the effects of the drug.
What do You think about Dress Your Marines In White (2012)?
I liked this short story and the glimpse it gave into the events that happened before book 1.
—Amy
