Chimera Affliction: A Science Fantasy Medical Thriller

In the gaslit metropolis of Eldoria, magic is not an art—it is a brutal, precise science. But some diseases refuse to be diagnosed.Aetheric medicine can mend any common ailment, but it cannot explain the horrors arriving at the Aegis Institute. A merchant whose flesh is unraveling into sentient, glowing threads. A city guard whose blood is transmuting into molten silver. A scholar whose memories are being systematically devoured and replaced by the instincts of a wild beast.These are not random plagues; they are masterpieces of biological perversion, and they are spreading.Called in to solve the impossible is Dr. Drogo, a brilliant but disgraced diagnostician whose abrasive methods and controversial past have left him an outcast. With his newly-assigned team of misfits—a by-the-book Somatic Weaver, a tortured empathic healer, and a street-smart alchemist with a talent for procuring forbidden reagents—Drogo is the city’s last hope. He sees patients not as people, but as complex, fascinating puzzles.But this puzzle is different. As Drogo digs deeper, he uncovers a chilling pattern. These afflictions are not just diseases; they are deliberate, monstrous experiments orchestrated by a shadowy cult. A cult that is harvesting the city’s magically gifted, twisting the very laws of life for their own grotesque purposes.Worse, their methods are a dark and twisted reflection of Drogo’s own forbidden research—the very work that destroyed his career and branded him a pariah. To stop the cult, Drogo must not only outwit a foe as brilliant as he is depraved, but he must also confront the ghosts of his own past and embrace the dangerous knowledge that once cost him everything.Some diseases aren't caught. They're designed.Perfect for fans of House M.D.’s diagnostic genius, the intricate magic systems of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn, and the dark, investigative fantasy of The Dresden Files. The Chimera Affliction is the first book in a gripping new science fantasy series that blends high-stakes medical mystery with chilling suspen