Prologue

Prologue

A Chapter by StevePeck

Recording # 117


Date. February 22, 1986. Time. About 2:30 in the morning.


I have decided to stop walking this path I have so blindly followed. They said it was all in the name of science, that the end justified the means. After so many years convincing myself of these excuses, I find myself questioning the truth behind these claims. I always believed that my work would benefit mankind, but in retrospect, this could not be further from the truth. I never felt truly at peace with my actions, and I fear this revelation may be too late.


Many of them died from diseases that we are entirely capable of curing, but if we cured even a single person, the entire experiment would have been for naught, a century's work wasted. To know of a cure and not administer that cure is one of the hardest decisions I have ever made. There is nothing worse than being able to say you watched a man die while knowing how to keep him alive.


It is truly difficult to determine the point in which a human life takes precedence over experimentation. You, whomever you may be, may find this to be disconcerting, telling yourself that a life always takes precedence, no matter what.


You have no idea.


I pass my duties and responsibilities over to my son. Hopefully I prepared him to make the decisions that I never could.


 

I'm so sorry.



© 2013 StevePeck


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Just happened to read this prologue, not any of the rest of your book, but it is somewhat intriguing and it does somewhat draw the reader in, but I personally greatly dislike the use of this sort of 'last testament letter' thing, so it rings somewhat hollow for me. I would have much better liked an internal monologue from this Weld person, and I feel as though that would allow you much more room for exposition and suspense than this letter. That's just a matter of personal taste, though.

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Interesting start. I like the part covering the moral dilemma. I will read on

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Interesting idea. I enjoyed reading this.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.

Just happened to read this prologue, not any of the rest of your book, but it is somewhat intriguing and it does somewhat draw the reader in, but I personally greatly dislike the use of this sort of 'last testament letter' thing, so it rings somewhat hollow for me. I would have much better liked an internal monologue from this Weld person, and I feel as though that would allow you much more room for exposition and suspense than this letter. That's just a matter of personal taste, though.

Posted 11 Years Ago


1 of 1 people found this review constructive.


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