Project Chimera
A Genesis in the Shadows
PROLOGUE: THE ASSEMBLY
The facility was buried deep, a converted Cold War bunker beneath the desolate plains of Kazakhstan. Not a glimmer of satellite reflection betrayed its presence. Inside, Dr. Aris Thorne, his face a roadmap of sleepless nights and intellectual arrogance, adjusted the magnification on the primary bioreactor. Before him, suspended in a nutrient-rich amniotic fluid, was their greatest achievement: Subject Zero.