Parasite - Couverture rigide

Grant, Mira

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0316218952 ISBN 13 : 9780316218955

Editeur : Orbit, 2013

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton."―John Joseph Adams

"Readers with strong stomachs will welcome this unusual take on the future."―Kirkus Reviews

"Fans of [the Newsflesh] series will definitely want to check this new book out. But fans of Michael Crichton-style technothrillers will be equally enthralled: as wild as Grant's premise is, the novel is firmly anchored in real-world science and technology."―Booklist

"Grant extends the zombie theme of her Newsflesh trilogy to incorporate thoughtful reflections on biomedical issues that are both ominously challenging and eerily plausible. Sally is a complex, compassionate character, well suited to this exploration of trust, uncertainty, and the price of progress."―Publishers Weekly

"It's a well-grounded medical wariness that gets at the heart of what the Parasitology series will be asking: What happens when the cure is worse than the disease?"―NPR Books

"An exceptionally creepy medical-horror thriller that's the perfect spine-tingling read for Halloween... [a] roller coaster ride."―Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease.
We owe our good health to a humble parasite -- a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the Intestinal Bodyguard worm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system -- even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them.
But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives . . . and will do anything to get them.

Parasitology Parasite Symbiont Chimera
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Newsflesh Feed Deadline Blackout
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Orbit
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0316218952
• ISBN 13: 9780316218955
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 512