CRAVINGS: Ground Zero
When scientists stumbled upon a sloth with abnormal strength and speed deep in the Amazon, they were astonished to discover it was carrying a unique virus, one that enhanced physical capabilities beyond human limits. Intrigued and desperate for an edge in modern warfare, they extracted the virus and began human trials.
The result? Super soldiers, faster, stronger, nearly unstoppable. For a time, the plan worked. Victories piled up. Battles were won. But then, the virus mutated.
The enhanced soldiers began to lose their minds, consumed by an uncontrollable hunger. Their emotions vanished, replaced by primal instincts. No food could sate them, except flesh and blood. They turned on comrades, civilians, anyone in sight. And worse: every bite they inflicted passed on the infection, creating more of them.
Now, humanity teeters on the edge of collapse.
Darius Quinn, a hardened soldier and one of the few who survived the initial outbreak, is sent with a small team back to ground zero Mahana Island. Their mission: recover the prototype cure that can suppress the virus, halting the transformation and stopping the Cravings from turning the entire nation into a blood-soaked wasteland.
But time is running out. And Mahana is no longer an island, it's a hunting ground.
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