{"product_id":"parasite","title":"Parasite","description":"Product Description\n\n\nA decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. \n \n 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. \n \n But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives . . . and will do anything to get them.\n\n\nReview\n\n\nAn incredible, disturbingly plausible tale of what happens to a world where medical treatments have minds of their own ―\ni09.com\n\n\nParasite 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 ―\nSciFiNow\n\nA creepy spine-tingler of a medical thriller ―\nCharles Stross\n\nThe most readable, wittily written - and even charming zombie thriller in years ―\nMORNING STAR\n\nInteresting, morally ambiguous characters and some genuinely unexpected plot developments . . lives up to its intriguing premise ―\nTHE LIST\n\nExisting in a unique space somewhere between medical thriller, psychological science fiction and body horror,\nParasite is a properly chilling read ―\nTHE ELOQUENT PAGE\n\nA riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton ―\nJohn Joseph Adams\n\nParasite is a thoroughly enjoyable nightmare ―\nSUNDAY SPORT\n\n\nBook Description\n\n\nFrom the\n New York Times bestselling author of Feed comes this year's most CONTAGIOUS thriller - about a miracle cure . . . and a nightmare side effect\n\n\nAbout the Author\n\n\nMira 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.","brand":"Orbit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39655470923861,"sku":"9780356501925N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/3a7c1c6c-61b0-45a4-bb10-110fc10f1b74.jpg?v=1644280240","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/parasite","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}