Genetic Thrillers

Set 17 years into a very recognisable future, Fauna is an astonishing psychological drama with an incredible twist: What if the child you are carrying is not entirely human? Using DNA technology, scientists have started to reverse the extinction of creatures like the mammoth and the Tasmanian Tiger. The benefits of this radical approach could be far-reaching. But how far will they go? Longing for another child, Stacey is recruited by LifeBLOOD®, a company that offers massive incentives for her to join an experimental genetics program.

World-renowned virologist Dr. Cricket Rensselaer-Wright abruptly abandoned her research in Africa after watching her colleague die tragically from the Ebola virus. When she returns to the States to reunite with her teenage daughter Emmy, her plans are sidetracked.

The world has fallen. Without warning, a mysterious and omnipotent force has claimed the planet for their own. There are no negotiations, no demands, no reasons given for their actions. All they have is a message: humanity has thirty days to reach the one place on Earth where they will be allowed to exist...Antarctica. Cold People follows the journeys of a handful of those who endure the frantic exodus to the most extreme environment on the planet. But their goal is not merely to survive the present.

Secrets kill. Perfection destroys. A hardened detective and his idealistic, young deputy investigate the attempted murder of a child and uncover a secret with earth-shattering implications. ∞ Near Halti Fell, Northern Finland, the last of humanity has survived four hundred years in a series of crumbling habitats built to last fifty. Outside, the Earth is an irradiated wasteland of sand and desolate cities known as the scour. In the scour, nothing survives. Chief Investigator Linus Halla is tired of violence and death in cramped, rusted boxes. After twenty years on the job, he’s ready to...

For Gabriel Marx, news of the poisoning is eerily familiar. A Marine Corps veteran and trained viticulturist, Gabriel is now working as a vintner at Landmark Estates Winery in California, but was once part of a secret CIA effort to use insect vectors to destroy the Afghan Taliban’s poppy industry. He’s long feared that genetically synthesized toxins delivered by insects could be used as a terror weapon. One day a stream of black SUVs carrying the Secretary of Homeland Security shows up at the vineyard, and Gabriel is recruited to help the government respond to the attack.

A million years ago the world ended. Since then a group of five have kept the City running. Now, one of them has died. Every generation, the five most powerful people in the City transfer their consciousnesses into nubile, teenage hosts. This allows them to continue their important work of keeping the city functioning and protected from the nuclear wasteland beyond its borders. When one of the Five dies, though, the others decide that their bodies are too fragile and decide to find new hosts earlier than usual. This triggers a competition, where children from across the City travel to its ...

In the aftermath of the end of her world, April Tate decides that it's high time to leave the city that never sleeps, Las Vegas. After learning the origins of a Zompire Plague remedy, she risks her life to steal the antidote, makes the decision to separate from Jeremy for a while, and joins a small band of new and old comrades on a trip to the Pacific Coast. There they search out a legendary hive of vampires who are more than just wild, blood drinking creatures.

Homeland Security agent Rick Alders lives a relatively peaceful life in his home town of Helena, Montana. His idyllic existence is shattered when a top-secret government black ops project known only as The Horde is activated during the presentation of a breakthrough technology that would bridge the gap between our reality and the unknown of cyberspace. As Agent Alders plunges deeper into a nightmare he never could have imagined, he finds himself pitted against a malevolent intelligence with a single purpose - the annihilation of the human race.

He tried to be a hero, but the bomb still went off. Months after failing to save his city, Griffon longs for redemption. But he cannot turn back the anarchy that has overtaken Chicago. For one killer, it’s the perfect setting to unleash a deadly new virus. And he plans to use Griffon as Patient Zero. In a race against death, Griffon’s quest for redemption might be the downfall of everyone.

This highly anticipated sequel to "In Strange Worlds" takes the reader back to the community of survivors who are living in the Sunshine Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia. Derek returns to Maleny with more survivors, but discovers that Meg has lost her life trying to give birth to twins. He is a sensitive man, finding the challenges of this strange new world too great to bear. When an elderly man appears and offers him a deal, he accepts. The consequences of this deal are surprising to say the least.

At times it feels like the world is delivering a steady stream of crazies Henry’s way, an unrelenting conveyor belt of the paranoid and delusional, each with their own angle on how the Book of Revelation is playing out right before them. They’re all bonkers, of course, though it does seem like there’s been more than usual of late. But while most of Henry’s patients express their suspicions in a somewhat predictable manner, one has taken matters to a whole new level, building a machine to root out the real from the not real. Henry’s patient believes that if you turn over enough ...

Marcie thought preventing a war was tough. That’s because she’s never been to Prime City. To many, Marcie Hugo is a hero for the part she played in preventing a war between The Blind Spot and Scala City, but to The Eye and her best friend Sal, she’s a liar and a traitor. She manipulated The Eye to get what she needed from him, which led to the murder of a connected man. Being Wrench’s daughter, she’s untouchable, but because of her, The Eye now has a price on his head. He might be safely hidden, but time’s running out.

Would you sell your life to save another? Special forces vet, Samantha Jones, is a lowly bodyguard for Ethan Anderson, the biotech billionaire who revolutionized life extension. But at least she’s got a job, unlike most, and won’t have to sell her organs to support her family. Sure, they’re poor, but she’s got death insurance and a roof over her head. Life is livable...But then Sam’s daughter is kidnapped and sold for parts. Overnight, her life (and belief in the system) shatters.

Once, it looked like humanity was capable of global peace. It wasn’t. Now the world is a wasteland, and a divided humanity stands on the brink of another war after a king’s brutal execution. Caught in the middle of a political uprising, former Chief of Security Ziavir Yiros flees the palace with a secret that would unravel an empire. With a vindictive assassin on his trail, Ziavir races against time and a country turning against him to protect the one woman who carries the key to humanity’s survival. Can Ziavir defeat his greatest rival and insure the last hope for humanity? Or will ...

Peter Valois is about to make history. A scientist on a hot project, his days consist of recording brains and sending the files into robots for "conditioning". His plan is to use the results to fix their behavior, and then use the same method with humans. Peter's been on the straight and narrow and everything is going well, until problems with his teenage son force Peter out of his comfort zone. His scheme to save his son backfires when his cutting-edge research attracts the interest of someone who will stop at nothing to get what they want.

Shark. Tarantula. Sharkantula. When a genetically modified tarantula finds itself loose in the Great White Shark exhibit at Shark World, the feisty arachnid sinks its fangs into the main attraction. Without warning, the Great White mutates into Sharkantula and the opening day show turns deadly. The mutated shark/tarantula hybrid is hungry and ready to feast upon the flesh of those that don't run away fast enough to escape her webbing. Desperate to stop the carnage, a group of Shark World employees join forces.

Film noir meets Jurassic Park. Petra is a medical engineer for zoologists and fertility clinics. Why is she getting death threats, and what did she do to merit an ankle monitor? As the science advisor to a major contender for the presidency, she needs a PR boost. Hendrix is on his fourth career, having failed as a rock guitarist and a war journalist. His last chance is to write a book that makes the country support this abrasive scientist. He’s always been a sucker for a woman in trouble. Warning: this novel talks about the science and ethics of how babies are made.

Is your loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Did you know humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes? And why an adult human being resembles a chimp foetus? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction; is it worse than the disease? 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. Get used to it.

In this action-packed second installment of The Samantha Project series, Samantha and Erik go on a search to find a way to save themselves from the genetic time bomb ticking away in their cells. Along the way, they discover a shocking secret--one they wish they were never told! Although Samantha’s boyfriend, Colin, is back now, her feelings for Erik are getting stronger by the minute. It isn't long before she finally learns the real reason why she can’t resist Erik. But only after she’s gone too far with him! So far that Colin may never forgive her. GlobalLife Genetics continues to ...

He saved his city, and they rewarded him with a lifetime in prison. Framed for crimes he did not commit, Griffon wastes away knowing a dark truth: no one escapes the Grimway alive. But when assassins hunt to kill the love of his life, Griffon has no choice but to trust his most feared nemesis to break out of prison. All that stands in his way of freedom is a horde of monsters and a madman with plans for global anarchy.