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Hypertrophy
Paperback
HorrorMystery & ThrillerScience Fiction
Publisher: Antillas Publishing House
Published: Jan 31 2026
Pages: 242
Weight: 0.63
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Perfection has a price. And it is paid by the pound.
The Iron Vein is not just a gym; it is a cathedral of flesh in the rotting heart of downtown Detroit. For Oren Hale, a disgraced former champion turned night janitor, it is a daily reminder of the glory he lost. But lately, the Vein has changed. The members are getting bigger-impossibly bigger-and the air is thick with the copper scent of blood and unwashed ambition.
The source of this miraculous growth is The Nectar, an illicit, golden serum distributed by the gym's enigmatic owner, Darla Voss. It promises to break the genetic limits of the human body.
But Oren discovers that the Nectar doesn't just build muscle; it liberates it.
The users aren't just growing stronger; they are evolving into something monstrous. Their muscles tear through skin, their bones snap under the torque of their own strength, and their tissue develops a violent, parasitic autonomy. As the gym locks down and the screams begin, Oren realizes the terrifying truth: the Iron Vein isn't training athletes. It is fattening livestock.
Trapped in a neon-lit slaughterhouse with creatures that are more meat than man, Oren must push his own broken body to the breaking point to escape before he is harvested.
A crushing, adrenaline-fueled descent into body horror, Hypertrophy explores the monstrous side of vanity and the terrifying potential of the human form.
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