Invasive Procedures

Card, Orson Scott & Aaron Johnston

ISBN 10: 076531424X / ISBN 13: 9780765314246

Published by Tor Books, New York, 2007

About this Item

Full number line.; 1.4 x 9.3 x 6.4 Inches; 352 pages.

Seller Inventory # 38815

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Invasive Procedures
• Publisher: Tor Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 076531424X
• ISBN 13: 9780765314246
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition; First Printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction/Fantasy

About this title

Synopsis

George Galen is a brilliant scientist, a pioneer in gene therapy. But Galen is dangerously insane - he has created a method to alter human DNA, not just to heal diseases, but to "improve" people - make them stronger, make them able to heal more quickly, and make them compliant to his will.

Frank Hartman is also a brilliant virologist, working for the government's ultra-secret bio-hazard agency. He has discovered how to neutralize Galen's DNA-changing virus, making him the one man who stands in the way of Galen's plan to "improve" the entire human race.

This taut thriller takes the reader a few years into the future, and shows the promise and danger of new genetic medicine techniques.

About the Author

Orson Scott Card is the bestselling author of Ender's Game. 

 

Aaron Johnston is a successful Hollywood screenwriter.

 

The book is loosely based on an old short story of Card's, "Malpractice".