Maximum Light - Hardcover

Kress, Nancy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031286535X ISBN 13: 9780312865351

Publisher: Tor Books, 1997

Synopsis

After pollutants leave eighty percent of the American population sterile, some people resort to almost anything--including the serious crime of genetic manipulation--in order to have a child.

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Review:

In Maximum Light, which takes place in the near future, synthetic chemicals are destroying the fertility of nearly every species on Earth, including humans. The birthrate has dropped so low that the human population consists primarily of people over the age of 50, and children are considered precious resources. Shana Walders and Cameron Atuli get caught up in a bizarre conspiracy to create hybrid human/animal "substitutes" for couples desperate for a young one to love. But when 75-year-old Congressional advisor Nick Clementi becomes involved, he discovers that the conspiracy goes far deeper than anyone would believe, and the future of the human race may be at stake. This fast-paced thriller from veteran science fiction author Nancy Kress keeps the plot twists coming, which makes Maximum Light a difficult book to put down once you've started.

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Praise for Maximum Light:

"A suitable candidate for best book of the year." --Bookman News

"Maximum Light is a marvelous work of SF, at once thrilling, suspenseful, intelligent, and profound. Don't miss it." --Locus

"Nancy Kress is in top form in this cautionary tale of political intrigue and biotech skullduggery. White knuckles all the way." --Jack McDevitt

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 031286535X
• ISBN 13: 9780312865351
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256