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Product Identifiers

PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co

ISBN-100765352826

ISBN-139780765352828

eBay Product ID (ePID)109627627

Product Key Features

Book TitleInvasive Procedures

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

TopicScience Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, Science Fiction / General

GenreFiction

AuthorAaron Johnston, Orson Scott Card

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight7.1 Oz

Item Length6.8 in

Item Width4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"This near-future thriller is based on Johnston's screenplay adaptation of Card's 1977 story "Malpractice," an early example of biotech sf...The novel wins the reader over on the basis of execution rather than conceptual originality, with pace, characterization, and chilling suspense all polished to a high gloss." --Booklist "Orson Scott Card made a strong case for being the best writer science fiction has to offer." --TheHoustonPost, This near-future thriller is based on Johnston's screenplay adaptation of Card's 1977 story "Malpractice," an early example of biotech sf...The novel wins the reader over on the basis of execution rather than conceptual originality, with pace, characterization, and chilling suspense all polished to a high gloss., "This near-future thriller is based on Johnston's screenplay adaptation of Card's 1977 story "Malpractice," an early example of biotech sf...The novel wins the reader over on the basis of execution rather than conceptual originality, with pace, characterization, and chilling suspense all polished to a high gloss." -- Booklist "Orson Scott Card made a strong case for being the best writer science fiction has to offer." -- The Houston Post

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisOrson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston's taut thriller Invasive Procedures takes readers a few years into the future, and shows the promise and danger of new genetic medicine techniques. George Galen is a brilliant scientist, a pioneer in gene therapy. But Galen is dangerously insane - he has created a method to alter human DNA, not just to heal diseases, but to "improve" people - make them stronger, make them able to heal more quickly, and make them compliant to his will. Frank Hartman is also a brilliant virologist, working for the government's ultra-secret bio-hazard agency. He has discovered how to neutralize Galen's DNA-changing virus, making him the one man who stands in the way of Galen's plan to "improve" the entire human race.