Cyborgs were viewed as machines by the Humanoid Alliance. They were given model numbers, a letter followed by a number, the equivalent of today’s serial numbers when they were manufactured. They weren’t given names.
(This has been a common tactic in human history. Beings are stripped of their names when others want to dehumanize them. It is often one of the steps before a genocide.)
Cyborgs gave themselves names. These names were verbal reminders that they were beings, not weapons. They mattered, were individuals, weren’t easily replaced.
But the names they could give themselves were extremely limited.
Cyborgs wouldn’t name themselves after their cruel human manufacturers. They would never name themselves Bob, for example, because a Bob had likely killed one or more of their brethren. They would never honor their tormentors like that.
Naming themselves after beings they killed wasn’t a good option either. Again, they wouldn’t honor the enemy by taking the enemies’ names.
As cyborgs live for a long time and they share all information, almost every ‘normal’ name – both human and humanoid – in existence was eliminated as a possibility.
Creativity isn’t the average cyborg’s strength. They didn’t create their own names. They merely took the names of objects or feelings or skills they felt represented them.
Rage, the hero of Releasing Rage, was often angry. Vapor, the hero of Breathing Vapor, had the ability to hide in the shadows, to disappear like vapor. Crash, the hero of Crash And Burn, tended to push his limits, overclocking himself and ‘crashing.’ Dissent, the hero of Dominance And Dissent, the November release, had to stifle his urge to fight their Humanoid Alliance masters.
As cyborgs are warriors, beings designed for battle, they tend to gravitate toward warlike names, terms associated with fighting and physical strength. It will be interesting to hear what names the freeborn cyborgs call their offspring as the cyborgs move from being focused completely on war to other activities like space exploration.
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Dominance And Dissent
To earn the love of his curvy human, this cyborg will have to set her free.
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Dissent has one primary mission—to find his female and protect her.
He doesn’t know who she is, where she’s situated, or what she looks like. That doesn’t stop him from searching the universe for her. He’s a cyborg and he’s determined. He WILL track her down.
While the J Model warrior is exploring a settlement on a merchant planet, he hears a defiant scream. Dissent has finally located the one being he’s genetically compatible with. He rushes to his little human’s side, ready and willing to defend her, eager to claim his female…forever.
Greer has only one dream—to be free. She’s been a slave her entire lifespan, has been subjected to soul-crushing abuse and pride-shredding humiliation. When an opportunity to escape presents itself, she takes it. Steps away from independence, she’s apprehended.
As she looks death in the face, waiting for the final strike, a tall, handsome cyborg warrior saves her. He exudes power, makes her tremble with desire, is unlike any of the males she’s ever known…except in one heartbreaking way.
He wants to own her.
As Dissent and Greer battle for dominance, danger looms. An enemy from the past has returned. He’s heavily armed, he’s not alone, and his sole goal is to kill both of them.
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Dominance And Dissent is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features an overprotective cyborg, a defiant slave, and a ravenous baby creature who is determined to eat his way through an entire settlement.
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