Feral Machines

A novella. Originally published in the anthology Tangle.

When the interstellar wildlife sanctuary Casaverde is quarantined due to a mysterious outbreak of malaria, Andrew Salazar must turn to military surplus synthetic life-forms to help him in his work as warden.

But Andrew soon discovers that the synthetics are far more complex creatures than he first imagined and that something more deadly than an old-world disease is stalking Casaverde.