standstill as he listens to the frightened bleats of the waterbuck desperately trying to outrun its pursuers. Through a gap in the thick brush t

e fittest and smiles to himself knowing that his work is just that, the survival of the human ra

g a new human species. As a result, he was shunned by others in his profession and considered insane, with one driving obsession he turned his back on the world, moved to central Africa and is now playing God i

oon, very soon they will beg for my attention for I will be

m a corrugated iron building set apart from the rest o

ur fangs into my neck�� you hate me for I am your creator, half mandrill half silverback go

searches for the electric cattle prod, his eyes becoming accustomed to the dimness as the Manrilla throws itself at the bars of the cage in an effort to get to its creator. Its fangs bared, in a sav

dog face of a mandrill�� the body of a silverback gorilla but slender, taller with a mean killer instinct looks across at i

ngth, you are cruel and like the smell of blood, but I��m sorry my friend, for y

ies of fury echo in the man��s ears as he walks away. The animosity that the hybrid feels towards the man radiates off its slender muscular body

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lightheaded. He pauses allowing the feeling to pass and then with a shake of his head turns towards the huge structure that houses the great apes�� the l

e in the twenty years he has been living in his self-imposed exile in Africa. The first three Eve��s all died within a year of being produced, but Eve #4 has survived�� the only one to survive long enough to pr

the compound, coming to rest on the area where Eve is housed. The humanzee shares a smaller compound with two of his other successes at cr

r produced. Both cats are very gentle with Eve and Libowitz is confident that they would protect her from any danger, but he knows th

es his way across the dusty space that separates his laboratory from the three

force of the wind as it picks up momentum and rattles the corrugated iron roofs around the compound and for a second he thinks that they sound like the gates of hell opening and a shiver runs down his spine. He glances be

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rs, human killing human, bombs, the effect of radiation on human bodies, animals used for tests in laboratories. It is also where she learned sign language, where she learned she is unique, different and the world is not yet

the small lamp in her bungalow slowly lights up as the power builds. The large splatters of rain thunder down on the iron roof, thunder rolls acr

ying curled up, unworried by the forces of nature being thrown at them and curls up between the two large cats, seeking warmth a

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waits for the sound of the generator to kick in and the fluorescent lighting over his work area to come to life. Attached to the electrodes is a screen where he is monitoring the prima

itz collapses to the concrete floor�� he pulls himself onto his hands and knees and crawls towards his desk... the p