Parasite
$37.21
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2013
Summary
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 tapeworm 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 ar…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780356501925 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0356501922 |
| Author: | Mira Grant |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 358g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 130mm x 40mm |
| Series: | Parasitology |
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The most readable, wittily written - and even charming zombie thriller in years
An incredible, disturbingly plausible tale of what happens to a world where medical treatments have minds of their own * i09.com *Parasite is believable, disturbing and only the beginning … The disturbingly realistic plot, coupled with interspersed events of hostility from the infected, make for a suspense ridden read * SciFiNow *A creepy spine-tingler of a medical thriller * Charles Stross *The most readable, wittily written - and even charming zombie thriller in years * MORNING STAR *Interesting, morally ambiguous characters and some genuinely unexpected plot developments . . lives up to its intriguing premise * THE LIST *Existing in a unique space somewhere between medical thriller, psychological science fiction and body horror, Parasite is a properly chilling read * THE ELOQUENT PAGE *A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton * John Joseph Adams *Parasite is a thoroughly enjoyable nightmare * SUNDAY SPORT *
About The Author
Mira Grant
Mira Grant lives in California, sleeps with a machete under her bed, and highly suggests you do the same. Mira Grant is the open pseudonym of Seanan McGuire, a successful fantasy writer and the winner of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
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