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Nov 30, 2015
Prior to her extended stay in a mental hospital, biochemist Lyda Rose invented Numinous, a medication designed to treat schizophrenia that was shelved after its side effects proved lethal. On the ward, Lyda encounters a girl showing all the symptoms of Numinous abuse, despite the fact that the drug's production has been banned for years. With the help of her own chemically induced guardian angel, Dr. Gloria, and her ex-colleague Ollie, an intelligence analyst, Lyda searches for the manufacturers in order to put a stop to Numinous' production. Fast-paced, thought-provoking, and witty, Afterparty may appeal to fans of other tales of designer drugs gone awry, such as Mira Grant's Parasitology series. Science fiction newsletter December 2015