Overview

From an award-winning writer and biomedical researcher comes Book 2 in The CRISPR Evolution sci-fi series. After escaping federal agents in Boston, the Wake family is living with Howard's brother deep in the Maine woods. With a real home and room to expand, the family has added two new members-embryos created from Aurie's eggs, in which she has awakened the god template. For the first time, life in hiding is peaceful; Howard and Jacqueline are busy with their in-house garage lab, Aurie is taking care of the embryonic gods in their artificial wombs, and Py is engaged in a secret project with a colony of ants. But Py's evolution has only just begun. As his ant project expands beyond his control, he faces questions of self and soul he isn't ready to answer. These become pressing when the god in Py's genome awakens and the Wakes-young and old alike-are called upon to defend the human race. Aurie's god chose to seed life on a distant planet, but Py's god is here to stay-and he is intent on remaking the world and the humans in it. Fans of Frank Herbert, Ursula Le Guin, and Gene Wolfe will love this continuing tale of what it means to be human ... and what it means to be a god. CRISPR Evolution was a first-place winner in the PNWA literary contest, a semifinalist for the BookLife Prize, and a finalist for the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award and Grand Prize, the American Book Fest Best Book Awards, the Foreword INDIES Awards, the Indies Today Awards, the National Indie Excellence Awards, the Readers' Favorite Awards, and the Page Turner Awards.

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Praise for books in The CRISPR Evolution Series: ""[A] gripping and accomplished debut novel ... Jones spins this heady story in smart, engaging prose ... It's a thriller but anchored in the literary wing of science fiction, driven by character, given to colloquies, and often evocative ... This superb science fiction novel ... is rousing, moving, and rewarding."" - BookLife Reviews (Editor's Pick) ""A dark but believable extrapolation from present-day attitudes ... the novel handles its moral questions sensitively and fairly ... a tale that provides readers with a penetrating and thought-provoking glimpse into a possible not-so-distant future."" - Kirkus Reviews ""Sci fi that promises to reshape its genre ... a heart-in-your-throat page-turner ... it conveys the spinning sense of a future that outstrips a single existence and feels synchronously optimistic, poignant, and even celebratory ... an explosive panorama of what makes up our genetic formation ... richly imagined characters and settings. The author is strong on atmosphere, illuminating vast tracts of imagery, and her uniquely supple and powerful style is even more clear-cut ... wildly original and intelligently drawn."" - Reader Views ""This thoroughly engaging work of speculative fiction rejuvenated my love for science fiction ... The characters are spellbinding, each shining in their own light and demanding center stage ... As a brilliant and dedicated rogue scientist with a questionable sense of ethics, Dr. Howard Wake changed my outlook on a hero. While hardcore scientific facts form the book's foundation, Jones' literary tweaks help it soar to unprecedented heights ... Jones recounts the beauty of life and imagines the unleashing of one's full potential."" - Readers' Favorite ""A layered and engrossing work of dystopian speculative fiction ... prose is finely rendered and Jones shows a finesse for worldbuilding ... a wholly convincing and well-informed narrative. The characters' personal journeys and the moral dilemmas they grapple with offer a contemplative exploration of the interplay between science, ethics, and human nature ... a striking work of speculative sci-fi."" - The BookLife Prize ""A beautifully moving book centered around humanity's relationship with genetic engineering."" - IndieReader

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Charis Jones (aka Charis Himeda, PhD) is an award-winning author and biomedical researcher. She is a research professor and co-founder of Renogenyx, a company dedicated to developing treatments for facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy. She won the FSHD Society's inaugural Young Investigator award, and has been interviewed by The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and The Boston Business Journal for engineering FSHD therapeutics using CRISPR gene modifying technology. At night, Dr. Himeda doffs her lab gloves to pen speculative fiction about renegade scientists who do things she would never dream of doing. Her short fiction has appeared in a number of literary magazines and in The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021. Her sci-fi thriller CRISPR Evolution was a first-place winner in the PNWA literary contest, a semifinalist for the BookLife Prize, and a finalist for the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award and Grand Prize, the American Book Fest Best Book Awards, the Foreword INDIES Awards, the Indies Today Awards, the National Indie Excellence Awards, the Readers' Favorite Awards, and the Page Turner Awards.

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