| Progenitor: how to be marginally superior Contributor(s): Murphy, Bernard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 8771703381 ISBN-13: 9788771703382 Publisher: Books on Demand OUR PRICE: $45.13 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - General |
| Physical Information: 1.07" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.38 lbs) 482 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Slavonic Federation's secret service persuades a geneticist to access the brain of a visiting American financial wizard at the head of a trade delegation. The geneticist, who is seeking funds for research to improve human mental capacity, is unaware that he is involved in a bizarre plot to topple his country's government. The plot goes badly awry and leads to the collapse of the global economy and a descent into anarchy. Years later, when the world has reverted to a kind of neo-fascist politically correct normality, a Danish billionaire is persuaded to fund research by the same geneticist into the genomic source of intelligence with a view to creating a superior strain of homo sapiens. However, the billionaire is more interested in creating an intellectual elite with himself at its apex. Things don't turn out exactly as planned, and a contest ensues for control of his industrial empire against a background of government corruption and a media culture that has given 'spin' a new meaning. |
