Michael Crichton, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of
Jurassic Park, comes an astounding, eye-opening look at the world of
genetics as it's happening now, told as only Michael Crichton can tell
it, with lightening fast pacing and thrilling chases.
Welcome to our genetic world. Fast, furious, and out of control. This is
not the world of the future--it's the world right now. Is a loved one
missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at
your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in
only 400 genes; is that why an adult human being resembles a chimp
fetus? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug
addiction--is it worse than the disease?
We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps; a time when it's
possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars;
test our spouses for genetic maladies and even frame someone for a
genetic crime. We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are
owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be
pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes
within their chromosomes...
Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale
of a new world where nothing is what it seems, and a set of new
possibilities can open at every turn.
