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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
Additional Product Features
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.