ANCESTOR: A Novel
Edition: First printing.
New York: Crown, (2010) dj. Hardcover first edition - A bio-technological thriller, originally released in 2005-6 in an early version as an audiobook podcast, and then as a small press novel - "a tale of genetic experimentation's worst nightmare come true. . . On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, PJ Colding leads a group of geneticists who have discovered this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering the genomes of thousands of mammals, Colding's team has dialed back the evolutionary clock to re-create humankinds common ancestor. The method? Illegal. The result? A computer-engineered living creature, an animal whose organs can be implanted in any person, and with no chance of transplant rejection." 421 pp. ISBN: 97-0307406330.
Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.