The Experiment

John Darnton

ISBN 10: 0451200101 / ISBN 13: 9780451200105

Published by Signet August 2000, 2000

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Support Small Business by buying this book! 1st Signet Printing August 2000 - No marks or writing observed in text. Binding tight and square. Some creasing to spine and light wear on cover. Seller Inventory # 104409

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Experiment

Publisher: Signet August 2000

Publication Date: 2000

Binding: Mass Market Paperback

Condition: Collectible Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Strange happenings in New York, including the discovery of a corpse with its fingerprints burned off, combine with the unexplained disappearances of people from a Southeastern island to give hints of a deadly secret scientific experiment. By the author of Neanderthal. Reprint.

Review:

The phrase separated at birth takes on a terrifying new meaning in this riveting medical thriller from the author of Neanderthal. When tabloid journalist Jude Harley and a distraught young man known only as Skyler meet on the streets of New York City, they could be identical twins--except that Skyler is a few years younger and fitter than the 30-year-old Jude. And when Skyler sees that Jude's girlfriend, Dr. Elizabeth "Tizzie" Tierney, is a dead ringer for Julia, his own lost love, he--and we--know that something very spooky is going on. It turns out to be a case of "send in the clones": they were all part of a bizarre experiment when they were kids, and now they're up to their doppelgangers in a deadly confrontation with scientists and politicians who want to keep the whole thing quiet.

John Darnton knows how to make science accessible--he masterfully describes the intricate details of DNA and fertilized egg-splitting. He also knows how to keep the action moving at warp speed--racing from the tiny island off the Georgia coast where Skyler and his fellow clones were raised to the streets of New York and Washington, D.C., where seeing double can be terminal. --Dick Adler