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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100345435249

ISBN-139780345435248

eBay Product ID (ePID)1632391

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Book TitleDarwin's Radio : a Novel

Number of Pages544 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicScience Fiction / Action & Adventure, Science Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, General, Thrillers / Medical

Publication Year2000

GenreFiction

AuthorGreg Bear

Book SeriesDarwin's Radio Ser.

FormatMass Market

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Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight10.8 Oz

Item Length7.1 in

Item Width4.2 in

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Reviews"A masterpiece . . . Fascinating." --USA Today "[A] RIVETING, NEAR-FUTURE THRILLER." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) "VINTAGE BEAR . . . [His] characters are as complex as his ideas." --The Seattle Times "ABSORBING AND INGENIOUS." --Kirkus Reviews "BEAR IS ONE OF OUR VERY BEST, AND MOST INNOVATIVE, SPECULATIVE WRITERS." --New York Daily News "A WRITER FOR ANYONE CONCERNED WITH THE HUMAN CONDITION." --Seattle Post-Intelligencer "IF ANYONE IS THE COMPLETE MASTER OF THE GRAND-SCALE SF NOVEL, IT'S BEAR." --Booklist

Series Volume Number1

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SynopsisA 2000 HUGO AWARD NOMINEE Ancient diseases encoded in the DNA of humans wait like sleeping dragons to wake and infect again--or so molecular biologist Kaye Lang believes. And now it looks as if her controversial theory is in fact chilling reality. For Christopher Dicken, a virus hunter at the Epidemic Intelligence Service, has pursued an elusive flu-like disease that strikes down expectant mothers and their offspring. Then a major discovery high in the Alps --the preserved bodies of a prehistoric family--reveals a shocking link: something that has slept in our genes for millions of years is waking up. Now, as the outbreak of this terrifying disease threatens to become a deadly epidemic, Dicken and Lang must race against time to assemble the pieces of a puzzle only they are equipped to solve--an evolutionary puzzle that will determine the future of the human race . . . if a future exists at all., A 2000 HUGO AWARD NOMINEE Ancient diseases encoded in the DNA of humans wait like sleeping dragons to wake and infect again--or so molecular biologist Kaye Lang believes. And now it looks as if her controversial theory is in fact chilling reality. For Christopher Dicken, a "virus hunter" at the Epidemic Intelligence Service, has pursued an elusive flu-like disease that strikes down expectant mothers and their offspring. Then a major discovery high in the Alps --the preserved bodies of a prehistoric family--reveals a shocking link: something that has slept in our genes for millions of years is waking up. Now, as the outbreak of this terrifying disease threatens to become a deadly epidemic, Dicken and Lang must race against time to assemble the pieces of a puzzle only they are equipped to solve--an evolutionary puzzle that will determine the future of the human race . . . if a future exists at all.

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