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Invasive Procedures

By: Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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 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 also 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 biohazard agency. He has discovered how to neutralize Galen's DNA-changing virus. Now he is the one man who stands in the way of Galen's plan to "improve" the entire human race.

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

©2007 Orson Scott Card and Aaron Johnston (P)2007 Blackstone Audio Inc. Fantasy Fiction Genetic Engineering Genre Fiction Hard Science Fiction Medical Science Fiction Thriller & Suspense

Critic Reviews

"[An] intriguing medical thriller...raises pertinent regulatory questions." ( Publishers Weekly)
"Pace, characterization, and chilling suspense all polished to a high gloss." ( Booklist)
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I really enjoyed this story. kept me in suspence the whole way through the book. The performance was also well read,

Really enjoyable

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I did enjoy. it extended my appreciation of the possible implications of genetic engineering. of course I realise that it is very far fetched

a captivating romp into the world of ideas

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I got into this for about the first half, then action kicked in and didn't stop kicking. By the end I was so fatigued with drawn out climax that I was barely listening

Interesting at first

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