by Kay Corcoran George

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Here’s the set-up:

This story begins twenty years in a dystopian future and Dr. Eric Winslow, a prominent pediatric neurosurgeon, has performed an illegal surgery to save his nephew’s life.
After he is released from Compound Pro and changes his identity, donning an alter ego as the singer, Snake. Unable to surrender his desire to help those that are afflicted with deformities he sets up an apartment as a surgery room and again transforms the lives of children.
The fierce arresting officer, Jerome Running Crane, finding his own character mercurial, is envious of the doctor’s strong character and his unrelenting compassion, suspicious of the doctor’s intentions and is assiduous in his pursuit. When Jerome, the Supervisor Intuitive Behavior Officer, SIBO, discovers that Dr. Winslow is the singer Snake he is compelled to follow him and catch him performing surgery.
With natural resources and food supply dwindling and the increased population of pedophiles, it has become unsafe, and is strongly discouraged by society to become pregnant. The federal government has also placed restrictions and high tax on those having children. Jerome Running Crane’s sister decides to continue with her unexpected pregnancy. She wants to bring a child into the world to continue the bloodline of their heritage of the Assiniboine Native Tribe.
After Jerome interrupts surgery, and is tempted to arrest Dr. Eric Winslow, the tables turn on the officer and he appeals to the doctor to save his sister with the life-threatening obstacles of her pregnancy.
Just on the brink of fame with his music career, the surgeon/singer finds a small boy abandoned in an alley inflicted Proteus Syndrome (i.e. the Elephant Man) and takes him in. He grows to love the frail child as if he were his own only to encounter critical complications while performing a risky surgery to alleviate his breathing disorders.
The doctor is devastated with tragedy in his life and is thrown into despair refusing to perform with his band until his nemesis, Running Crane, intervenes and revives his passion for healing. Love and heartache are crucial elements in the struggle of these two men as they come to terms with life in a harsh new world.