Parasite
by
Mira Grant
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Product Description
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 are getting restless. They want their own lives . . . and will do anything to get them.
Review
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
Book Description
From the
New York Times bestselling author of Feed comes this year's most CONTAGIOUS thriller - about a miracle cure . . . and a nightmare side effect
About the Author
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.
Product Overview
- ISBN: 9780356501925
- Author(s): Mira Grant
- Publisher: Orbit
- Pages: 512
- Format: Paperback