Description
A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease.
We owe our good health to a humble parasite - a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system - even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them.
But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives . . . and will do anything to get them.
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About the Author
Mira Grant lives in California, sleeps with a machete under her bed, and highly suggests you do the same. Mira Grant is the open pseudonym of Seanan McGuire, a successful fantasy writer and the winner of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
Reviews
An incredible, disturbingly plausible tale of what happens to a world where medical treatments have minds of their own * i09.com *
Parasite is believable, disturbing and only the beginning . . . The disturbingly realistic plot, coupled with interspersed events of hostility from the infected, make for a suspense ridden read * SciFiNow *
A creepy spine-tingler of a medical thriller * Charles Stross *
The most readable, wittily written - and even charming zombie thriller in years * MORNING STAR *
Interesting, morally ambiguous characters and some genuinely unexpected plot developments . . lives up to its intriguing premise * THE LIST *
Existing in a unique space somewhere between medical thriller, psychological science fiction and body horror, Parasite is a properly chilling read * THE ELOQUENT PAGE *
A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton * John Joseph Adams *
Parasite is a thoroughly enjoyable nightmare * SUNDAY SPORT *
Awards
Short-listed for Hugo Awards 2014 (UK).
Book Information
ISBN 9780356501925
Author Mira Grant
Format Paperback
Page Count 512
Imprint Orbit
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Series Parasitology
Weight(grams) 358g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 40mm
