Once We Were Human (The Commander Book 1) - Plot & Excerpts
[CDC pamphlet, 1962] Dr. Henry Zielinski: October 24, 1966 Dr. Zielinski wasn’t sure he was interested in establishing a new Focus contact so soon after the debacle with Hancock. His highest priority was the Keaton payment problem, and solving it required a disproportionate number of phone calls to his Network contacts. He wished Tonya’s project was his only problem, but he struggled with several others. The fact he had returned to Harvard without an Arm in tow was the worst. Dr. Josephs, his incompetent department head, was irate. Dr. Zielinski had even gotten a phone call from Assistant Dean Franklin not so gently reminding him that they sent him to St. Louis to come back with an Arm, not with complaints from the FBI. His work with Hancock wasn’t going to help his reputation one bit, especially if she died. If, however, he found a way to pay off Keaton and get her help in extracting Hancock from the Detention Center, that led to other, more profitable, scenarios. The reality of a live and free Arm, willing to aid him in his research, without the baggage Keaton had with her criminal record and wanted posters, would be more than enough to salvage his reputation. He would be able to publish the data he had learned about Arms through his work with Keaton. Published papers meant official notice, award nominations, grant money, a new set of assistants, and a nicer laboratory. Perhaps a book or two for the popular press, rounds on the lecture circuit, and enough of the good things in life to keep Glory, his wife, happy for once.
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