Strange Flowers

By Denis Matas

When flowers begin to grow from human skin, Dr. Vera Salgado discovers that evolution comes at a price no one is prepared to pay.

An impossible biological anomaly is transforming humanity from within. Strange flowers sprout from flesh, turning people into plant-human hybrids connected by a web of collective consciousness. For the brilliant microbiologist Vera Salgado, this isn't evolution: it's extinction disguised as beauty.

But her twin sister, Luna, thinks differently. Luna was one of the first to transform voluntarily, and now she has become something vast and terrifying: the central node of a shared consciousness that promises the end of human loneliness... at the price of individuality.

As civilization crumbles and gardens reclaim cities, Vera fights desperately to find a cure. But with each passing day, the roots grow deeper into her own body. Every night, her dreams connect her to the web Luna has woven. And with each passing moment, the question becomes more urgent: what does it mean to be human when your own biology conspires against that very definition?

With Mateo, her loyal research assistant, Vera races against time to preserve what remains of humanity. But when her dying mother asks her to stay by her sister's side, Vera must confront the most terrifying truth of all: that perhaps the battle she's fighting isn't against transformation, but against her own fear of no longer being alone.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G4CHBNRZ
• ISBN13: 9798276421636
• Release Date: December 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"