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Containing Malice And Underground Labs

By Cynthia Sax on January 6, 2021

I think every villain with the capabilities or resources should have an underground laboratory.

I know. I know. This is almost a cliché for villains but there’s a reason for that – underground labs are SUPER COOL.

Since I was a little kid, I’ve been enthralled with them. Having a secret space, a place hidden away from the rest of the universe, where we could experiment and plot to take over the world is so fraggin’ bad a$$.

There are, of course, symbolic reasons why villains have underground labs. It suggests the experiments, the activities within them are so bad; they shouldn’t see the light of day. Underground labs hint at links to the Hell, to the Underworld. Their placements imply they are something decrepit or rotten, deserving to be buried.

But mostly…they’re so very awesome. (grins)

In Containing Malice, Malice and Illona are trapped in an underground lab run by the evil Humanoid Alliance. It is a site many villains would envy and less nefarious beings plot to escape from.

(cue evil laughter)

The little girl in me is thrilled.

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Containing Malice

This tormented cyborg craves vengeance…and her.

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Malice, a C Model cyborg, has spent his long lifespan enslaved by the Humanoid Alliance. His cruel manufacturers have hurt him in all the ways a male could be hurt.

His enemy has now added a new weapon to their arsenal—a tiny human medic with soft hands and a delectable scent. She experiments on him multiple times a shift, delivering pain…and frustration.

He wants her. He also seeks retribution.

Once Malice frees himself, he plans to achieve both of his goals, taking Medic Illona captive and ending her research…permanently.

Illona is as much a prisoner as the cyborgs she experiments on. Since her arrival at the Human Alliance’s secret laboratory, she has carefully, stealthily, crafted a plot to free her test subjects. To conceal her covert activities, the medic has been forced to harm beings rather than heal them.

The being she has damaged the most is also the cyborg she fiercely desires— Malice, a huge, gray-skinned, blue-eyed C Model with massive hands and a voice deeper than space. He hates her, has good reason to do so, and, when he’s freed, there’s a high probability he’ll kill her.

Illona will take that risk to ensure he survives.

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Containing Malice is a STANDALONE enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.

It is the first of five core stories in the Rebel Cyborgs Series.

Book 1: Containing Malice
Book 2: Under Strain
Book 3: Baring Grudge
Book 4: B Free
Book 5: Seizing Power

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