The Rose Maker: A Cyberpunk Science Fiction Short Story: The Cyborg Sectors Series, #5

By Alex Leu

Fulfilling his last dream was supposed to make Mack happy, but instead, it almost killed him.

Approaching the end of his life, Mack — an old rusty cyborg, decides to go on one last date. But when he is rejected time and time again, Mack must learn to let go of everything he knows about love, before his battery runs out.

"The Rose Maker" is a cyberpunk romance drama, the fifth book in a sci-fi series that features compelling A.I. characters, raw emotion, nail-biting suspense, forbidden love, and surprising plot twists.

If you loved Westworld, Blade Runner, or Ghost in the Shell, then you'll love to join the characters of "The Cyborg Sectors" on their page-turning adventures.

Buy "The Rose Maker" to discover this exciting new sci-fi series today!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Alex Leu
• Release date: Oct 29, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386623328

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THE ROSE MAKER

The Cyborg Sectors Series Book 5

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by Alex Leu

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Mack stood in the middle of the square and waited patiently for his date to show up. The square was the most crowded place in the prison city known as Sector C, and the safest, at least during the day. And it has become sort of the touristy spot of the sector, the place where humans and cyborgs from other sectors came to visit most often when they wanted to meet with cyborg prisoners. So Mack felt that no matter who his date was, the square would be the place that anyone would know how to easily find.

The square was known as the drain, mostly for the big fountain that once stood in the square’s center, which now was marked by the only thing left from the fountain — a small circular pool outlined by a low red brick fence with the fountain’s drain in the middle of it. Occasionally the pool would collect rain and the red rusty water would get stuck in it for days until it would evaporate. But the main reason the square was called the drain was because it served as a symbol of its sector, because Sector C was the place where all the misfits, criminals, and garbage would gravitate towards, both cyborg and human. Mack was one of the few exceptions in the sector, at least that’s what he believed, and he hoped that there were others like him.

As he scanned the moving crowd for his date, his rigid hands carefully held a rusty metallic rose behind his back, hiding it from the light. The hot afternoon sun burned viciously over the square but Mack stood still, solemnly waiting, even though he was almost melting by the fountain’s fence. He hoped the sun would go down faster and hide behind the ruins outlining the square, but at the same time, he wanted the day to be longer, because as soon as darkness would set in, he knew there was no chance that his date