The Last Run of Tungol

THE LAST RUN OF TUNGOL Written by Md. A. | Illustrated by Lucas

6340 AD. The Cetaceans have weaponized climate itself—melting ice shelves, controlling currents, raising the sea inch by inch. Tungol, one of the last baseline human enclaves, has fifty years before the tide swallows it whole.

Captain Iriya smuggles seeds through the blockade. Seeds that could save her people from starvation. But she's hiding barnacle mutations that would get her executed under Tungol's religious law—and the seeds only grow with enhanced hands.

When the Cetaceans intercept her ship, they offer three impossible choices:

→ Cling to purity. Drown slowly.

→ Accept enhancement. Betray your faith.

→ Surrender your humanity. Become a translator for the sea.

Every option is poison dressed as salvation.

Unless you refuse to choose.

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Tags: science fiction, free ebook, illustrated story, climate fiction, biopunk, space opera, worldbuilding, short story, indie author

Content Warning: Violence, death, body horror elements. Suitable for readers 15+.