{"id":1141,"date":"2025-09-29T03:33:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/?page_id=1141"},"modified":"2025-09-29T03:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T03:33:50","slug":"fatal-injection-a-black-market-dna-novella","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/?page_id=1141","title":{"rendered":"Fatal Injection: A Black Market DNA Novella"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42NXfrF\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fatal-Injection-2-Amazon-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fatal Injection by Anthony J Melchiorri\" class=\"wp-image-344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fatal-Injection-2-Amazon-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fatal-Injection-2-Amazon-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fatal-Injection-2-Amazon.jpg 1563w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Baltimore\u2019s streets are overrun with enhancers\u2014people who inject themselves with illegally purchased genetic modifications to alter their bodies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While on patrol in a rough neighborhood, Officer Ana Dellaporta discovers the bullet-riddled corpse of an enhancer and suspects a case of typical gang violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But when another enhancer is found terrorizing the locals, his body mutated by gene mods, Ana unearths an unsettling connection between him and the gunshot victim. She must unravel a sinister plot involving missing persons, murder, and genetic experimentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the midst of the madness, one of Ana\u2019s close friends goes missing. Now it\u2019s personal and time is running out. She must uncover the gruesome truth before the trail goes cold and her friend becomes the next victim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Fatal Injection<\/em> is a prequel novella in the Black Market DNA series following Ana Dellaporta\u2019s exploits as a Baltimore PD officer fighting biotech crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Amazon:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42NXfrF\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/42NXfrF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Audible: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/42NXfIb\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/42NXfIb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore\u2019s streets are overrun with enhancers\u2014people who inject themselves with illegally purchased genetic modifications to alter their bodies. While on patrol in a rough neighborhood, Officer Ana Dellaporta discovers the bullet-riddled corpse of an enhancer and suspects a case of typical gang violence. But when another enhancer is found terrorizing the locals, his body mutated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":344,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1141","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1142,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1141\/revisions\/1142"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anthonyjmelchiorri.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}