Bud By The Grace Of God
Logline
Bud, a newly-created android with AI capabilities, is in love with Dr. Grace Lord, a human surgeon, although this is strictly forbidden. When the medical space station is sabotaged and Grace's life is threatened, Bud will sacrifice himself to save Grace. Can her love save him?
Genre
Sci-fi,Suspense/Thriller
Short Summary
In the Doctors' Lounge of the Nelson Mandela Medical Space Station, Dr. Grace Lord discusses patients with her boss, Dr. Hiro Al-Fadi, galaxy-renowned surgeon & Chief of Staff. Mystery patients are arriving. Excitement is in the air until murders start occurring. Who will die next...and by whom?
The space station's power generators are in self-destruct mode. Bud exposes himself to extremely high levels of radiation to shut down the critical reactors and save the station. Grace tearfully professes her love to the burnt unresponsive wreck of Bud, who finally answers back 'I love you, Grace.'
Setting
Medical Space Station in deep space
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Overcoming Monster/Villain
Plot - Other Elements
Happy Ending,Philosophical Questions,Meaningful Message
Mature Audience Themes
Extreme Violence
Main Character Details
Name: Dr. Grace Lord
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Aspiring,Confident,Decisive,Empathetic,Faithful,Gracious,Heroic,Educated,Honorable,Modest,Obedient,Selfless,Strong Moral Code
Additional Character Details
Name: Bud (Android with Artificial Intelligence)
Age: newborn
Gender: Male
Role: Sidekick
Key Traits: Modest,Obedient,Faithful,Romantic,Selfless,Naive,Honorable,Heroic,Gracious,Strong Moral Code,Masculine
Additional Character Details
Name: Dr. Nestor
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Role: antagonist
Key Traits: Charming,Masculine,Villainous,Narcisstic,Heartthrob,Lone Wolf,Manipulative,Unapologetic,Skillful,Sexy,Secretive,Seductive,Sophisticated,Educated,Confident,Decisive,Criminal
Additional Character Details
Name: Dr. Hiro Al-Fadi - surgeon/boss
Age: mid 50's
Gender: Male
Role: mentor
Key Traits: Aggressive,Badass,Narcisstic,Confident,Educated,Honorable,Leader,Unapologetic,Sarcastic,Skillful,Outspoken,Masculine,Blunt,Heroic,Strong Moral Code,Funny
Development Pitch
The Grace Lord Series, of which 'Bud by the Grace of God' is the second book, would make an exciting, engrossing TV series: think M*A*S*H In Space meets The Expanse. A female surgeon-in-training, Lieutenant Dr. Grace Lord, lands her dream job on the Conglomerate's Premier Medical Space Station, the Nelson Mandela, under the tutelage of the galaxy-renowned, animal-adaptation surgeon, Hiro Al-Fadi. Grace looks forward to putting damaged, animal-modified space marines--wounded in the many conflicts in the galaxy--back together. Idealistic and hardworking, she quickly discovers that one never knows what is going to come through the station's airlock doors, but most will fall into the categories of nasty, dangerous, or deadly. Soldiers with PTSD are the least of her problems. Deadly viruses, psychopathic killers, alien dangers, murderous doctors abound; then there are the staff. Zany doctors wield wit along with their scalpels, pass puns with their anesthetic gases, and save lives while savagely skewering each other verbally for a few laughs. This series deals with many of today's issues placed in a futuristic setting, such as prejudice, inequality, discrimination, forbidden love, war, redemption, forgiveness, acceptance, what it means to be human, and Man versus Nature. There are six proposed books in the full series of which the first four and a prequel novella are published. The final book will deal with the next step in humanity's evolution.