Chapter 1

In the first chapter, the reader is introduced to the cruel world that ParaZycle takes place in, as well as the leading main character of the story Colin Johansen. And the first moral conflict takes place immediately.

Summary
On a kids' show, we're told that a parasite, virus, bacteria or something has changed the human DNA. Internal organs start to rot in toddler years, and the lifespan is only 30 years. The DNA is inheritable, so all characters have different infected internal organs. And the worst thing is... transplants are illegal. Colin, as a 6-year-old, found the corpse of his father empty on internal organs. At the same time, Colin's friend Jesse appears to have been on the bridge of death the day before. The next day Jesse shows up healthy and says that medicine helped him. Colin is having a hard time to believe him, and he appears more mature than the other kids and understands that there's no such wonder medicine once an organ is already that decomposed. Colin is blaming Jesse for the murder. Later in the chapter, Colin becomes a hypocrite. His mother Juline who's abnormally old, 42-years-old, is telling Colin he needs to be prepared for soon she'll be gone. Her lungs can't make it much longer. Colin was traumatized as a kid and has a great fear of losing another parent although it's of "natural causes". In a panic attack, he orders lungs for her on the black market online from a business called ParaZycle.