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Metal-Plague

Biomorphic alloy contagion and synthetic tissue invasion where an aggressive, self-replicating metallic matrix infects living biological organisms, progressively replacing organic cell structures with synthetic, mechanical polymers.

The horror of a body turning into a machine, cell by cell. The visceral sensation of synthetic polymers invading and overwriting living tissue, leading to a terrifying transformation into something alien and mechanical.

Books

Caliban's WarJames S. A. Corey
BloodhypeAlan Dean Foster
Ragnar's ClawWilliam King
7th sigmaSteven Gould
QuarantineJohn Vornholt
The King of PlaguesJonathan Maberry
The Neutronium AlchemistPeter F. Hamilton
Ill WindDoug Beason
Plague YearJeff Carlson
Rules of ConflictKristine Smith
Body, Inc.Alan Dean Foster
The emperor's knifeMazarkis Williams
Son of KronkEdmund Cooper
MirkheimPoul Anderson
The Stars in ShroudGregory Benford
OmnifixScott MacKay
Omega gamesS. L. Viehl
The red plague affairLilith Saintcrow
BloomWil McCarthy
The Secret of LifePaul J. McAuley
LifeburstJack Williamson
Eater of WaspsTrevor Baxendale
The WanBo Balder
The cloneTheodore L. Thomas
Three Days in AprilEdward Ashton
Loving the AlienRobert Perry
Wrath of the ProphetsRobert Greenberger
MetrophageRichard Kadrey
Plague WarJeff Carlson
Iron GuardMark Clapham
UnitySteven Harper
Catalyst of Sorrows: 2360Margaret Wander Bonanno
The CrabStan Brown
Crystal HealerS. L. Viehl
Memento MoriS. N. Lewitt
DarkomeHannu Rajaniemi
Behemoth: B-MaxPeter Watts
InfectionJohn Gregory Betancourt
VectorsDean Wesley Smith
The Green Leopard PlagueWalter Jon Williams
WarchildEsther Friesner
The Farther ShoreChristie Golden
GroundedDavid Bischoff
ImmuneRichard Phillips
The InvincibleStanislaw Lem

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