Ancestor A Novel |
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Author:
| Sigler, Scott |
ISBN: | 978-0-307-59101-2 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
Publisher: | The Crown Publishing Group
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Imprint: | Broadway Books |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $16.00 |
Book Description:
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"The ancestors are out there...you have to believe me." From acclaimed author Scott Sigler--
New York Times bestselling creator of
Infected and
Contagious--comes a tale of genetic experimentation's worst nightmare come true. nbsp; Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a heart, a liver, a kidney.nbsp; Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a nominal fee ... and imagine...
More Description "The ancestors are out there...you have to believe me."
From acclaimed author Scott Sigler--New York Times bestselling creator of Infected and Contagious--comes a tale of genetic experimentation's worst nightmare come true.
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Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a heart, a liver, a kidney.nbsp; Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a nominal fee ... and imagine what a company would do to get a monopoly on that technology.
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On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, PJ Colding leads a group of geneticists who have discovered this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering the genomes of thousands of mammals, Colding's team has dialed back the evolutionary clock to re-create humankind's common ancestor. The method? Illegal. The result? A computer-engineered living creature, an animal whose organs can be implanted in any person, and with no chance of transplant rejection.
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There's just one problem: thesenbsp;ancestorsnbsp;are not the docile herd animals that Colding's team envisioned. Instead, Colding's work has given birth to somethingnbsp;big, somethingnbsp;evil.
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With these killer creatures on the prowl, Colding and the woman he loves must fight to survive -- even asnbsp;government agents close in to shut the project down, and the deep-pocketed company backing this research proves to have its own cold-blooded agenda. nbsp;
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As the creators become the prey in the ultimate battle for survival, Scott Sigler takes readers on the ultimate thrill-ride--and offers a chilling cautionary account of what can happen when hubris, greed, and madness drive scientific experimentation past the brink of reason.