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OverviewGeorge 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 also 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 biohazard agency. He has discovered how to neutralize Galen's DNA-changing virus. Now he is the one man who stands in the way of Galen's plan to improve the entire human race. This taut thriller takes the listener a few years into the future and shows the promise and danger of new genetic medicine techniques. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Orson Scott Card , Aaron Johnston , Stefan RudnickiPublisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Imprint: Blackstone Audiobooks Dimensions: Width: 17.30cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 16.60cm Weight: 0.336kg ISBN: 9781433210587ISBN 10: 1433210584 Publication Date: 01 October 2007 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Audio Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsWins the reader over on the basis of execution...with pace, characterization, and chilling suspense all polished to a high gloss. -- Booklist [An] intriguing medical thriller...raises pertinent regulatory questions. -- Publishers Weekly Author InformationOrson Scott Card, a New York Times bestselling author, has won several Hugo and Nebula awards for his works of speculative fiction. Aaron Johnston is a New York Times bestselling author who cowrote the novel Invasive Procedures and the Formic Wars series with bestselling author and science-fiction legend Orson Scott Card. Johnston's comic credits include Ender in Exile, Speaker for the Dead, Formic Wars, League War, and Mazer in Prison, all for Marvel. His screenplay adaptations include Alvin Maker, Sarah: Woman of Genesis, The Multiple Man, Feed the Baby of Love, and others. His play Lifeloop, an adaptation of Orson Scott Card's short story, was featured at Western Illinois University. He is also an associate producer on the upcoming film Ender's Game. A longtime stage improviser, Aaron is a former member of LA's Improv Factory, Santa Clarita Improv, and the Garrens Comedy Troupe. Stefan Rudnicki first became involved with audiobooks in 1994. Now a Grammy-winning audiobook producer, he has worked on more than three thousand audiobooks as a narrator, writer, producer, or director. He has narrated more than three hundred audiobooks. A recipient of multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, he was presented the coveted Audie Award for solo narration in 2005, 2007, and 2014, and was named one of AudioFile's Golden Voices in 2012. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |