By Peter Clement
ISBN-10: 0345443381
ISBN-13: 9780345443380
Former ER healthcare professional Peter Clement blends electrifying human drama with the suspense of top-notch scientific thrillers. With Mutant he has written one among his such a lot gripping, totally chilling novels to date.On an remoted stretch of street in Oahu, a girl cradles her death son in her fingers. within the days that stick to, an post-mortem attracts a stunning end: the boy, his lungs packed with blood, died of a sickness formerly chanced on basically in birds. at the different part of the globe, Dr. Richard Steele, a burned-out ER surgeon is being recruited right into a circulation to ascertain the risks of genetically converted meals, a task that takes him to an explosive convention in Hawaii.Spearheaded through a charismatic lady medical professional, the anti-bioengineering move is accumulating steam. whereas a strong corporation is utilizing genetic breakthroughs to create disease-resistant tremendous vegetation, activists warn that new DNA traces will wreak havoc at the atmosphere. yet not anyone suspects that the debate is protecting a much more scary human threat–one that may bring about the deadliest weapon of mass destruction ever unleashed upon the area. . . .
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Believe me, he doesn't have to add that it's exceedingly unhealthy to deny him what he wants. " A heavy sigh came from the receiver, followed by, "He's an asshole. Perhaps you should remind him of his many previous failed attempts to 'strike at the heart of America," as he puts it. S. embassies led to his own labs and personnel being blown up, leaving us nowhere to work and barely enough vector to finish the first clinical trials. " His voice kept rising as his tone grew angrier. Morgan remained silent, barely controlling his own fury at once more being stuck with having to mollify the madman he'd be meeting in a few days halfway around the world.
When this jump has previously occurred in nature, the results are usually catastrophic. I remind you, the Spanish flu epidemic in 1918 that killed twenty-one million people may have arisen from a virus normally found in swine, and the origin of AIDS in man is a simian, or monkey virus which vaulted the species barrier, probably in the 1930s, killing fifteen million so far. More recently the 'bird flu' strain of influenza has appeared in humans--" "Really, Dr. " interrupted Morgan, his face flushed with anger.
And why is it still so hot in here? " As he wrote a note on the boy's chart, he had to pause and rub his left wrist. It had been hurting him lately, and being a southpaw, he'd attributed the pain to one of the repetitive movement injuries that plagued people who worked on computers or had to write a lot. That's all I need, he thought, acutely aware that an ER doctor who couldn't quickly record the hundreds of written notes and orders wouldn't be able to work emergency at all. "Excuse me, Dr. Steele, but the boy's mother, a Mrs.