The Gene Gun

Enjoy a compelling first novel by a retired electrical engineer, inventor, and material scientist Dr. Jim Cunningham. The book is a science fiction story involving three planets, one of which is Earth. The story addresses important issues while entertaining the reader at the same time. It addresses the well-known frightening issues of excessive aggression that characterizes our dominant species--Homo Sapiens. The book is filled with threats of massive all-out nuclear war, advanced science-based countermeasures, and even some humor. The characters bring up many thought-provoking ideas concerning our planet and its inhabitants' future. There are unforgettable and unique characters such as our female protagonist Mother Nature, a compelling genius in Genetics, whose goal is to save our species, Homo Sapiens, who inhabit the two planets most involved in this tale-Earth and planet Theon. Her ingenious plan of reducing human aggressiveness via discrete genetic editing seems to be working, until her human-looking and human-behaving androids, who were sent to earth are threatened! The action then ensues and involves civilians as well as high government officials. A massive battle ensues. Its outcome will determine the long-term survival of at least one of the two planets involved. Which one will it be?The enung of the book ks pridoundly nposituve,