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Summary:

In a near future world in which genetic therapy holds both great promise and deadly dangers, Frank Hartman, a brilliant virologist working for the government's top-secret biohazard agency, is the only man capable of stopping George Galen, a pioneering geneticist who has come up with a way to "improve" humans by making them stronger, healthier, and compliant to his will.

Author/Creator:

Card, Orson Scott

Contributors:

Johnston, Aaron

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Invasive procedures [by Card, O.S.]

Related Works:

Malpractice [by Card, O.S.]

Subjects:

Viruses — Fiction

Viruses

Medical fiction, American

Genres:

Medical fiction, American

Suspense fiction, American

Science fiction

Fiction

General Notes:

Novel based on Aaron Johnston's screenplay adaptation of Orson Scott Card's short story Malpractice, which first appeared in Analog science fiction/science fact vol. 97, no. 11, p. 156-166 (Nov. 1977).
Originally published 2007.
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."

Physical Description:

xi, 400 pages ; 18 cm

Call Numbers:

PS3553.A655 I58 2008

ISBNs:

9780765352828 (pbk.)
0765352826 (pbk.)

OCLC Numbers:

191810192