Genetic Thrillers

The perfect weapon has a mind of its own. Jarrod Hawkins, a security contractor with a troubled past, is ushered into an underground facility where a group of DARPA scientists use his body for biotechnological research. They use genetic editing, nanomachinery, neural rewriting, and next-generation armor to turn him into the most fearsome weapon on Earth. But as they push the limits of human performance and lethality, the facility begins to experience unexpected power outages. There is only one explanation - their creation has turned against them.

At the center of the scientific world, Professor Dr. Corhime stands on the brink of a breakthrough that holds the promise of changing humankind. For years, he has toiled at the craft of science, pouring his very essence into the work of a revolutionary recombinant DNA composite. That so-called "miracle medicine" awaits only a final series of tests before it can be unleashed to alter the very contours of our existence. His hope? To use that discovery to deliver us all to a glorious salvation. But bad guys and shadowy figures move through his world. Dr. Corhime is unaware that someone in his ...

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.

Treeka escapes her imprisonment to find New York City in chaos. Cyborgs with every kind of ability imaginable roam the streets, looking to unleash pent-up fury against the masses. Treeka forms alliances with an old friend, and as they delve deep into the underground, she crosses paths with her would-be savior. She uncovers a sinister plot that threatens to shred the rest of humanity and the remains of her soul.

Die Lantis möchten gemeinsam mit den Menschen eine friedliche Zukunft aufbauen. Tatsächlich gelingt es Anne Winkler, die Interessen des Volks aus der Urzeit der Erde vor dem Sicherheitsrat der Vereinten Nationen zu vertreten. Aber nicht jeder hat Lust auf eine friedliche Zukunft. Mächtige Interessengruppen legen jegliche Skrupel ab, um Annes Plan zu verhindern. Um wirklich jeden Preis.

Mit dem Genmaterial aus dem Erbe der Lantis war es möglich, die ausgestorbenen Saurier neu zu erschaffen. Aber es dauerte nicht lange, bis sie nur noch ein großes Geschäft waren. Vor allem die Tierkampfmafia entdeckt die gewaltigen Tiere als ideales Material. Aber Yra liebt ihre Saurier. Sie wagt sich allein in die Höhle des Löwen, um dem skrupellosen Treiben ein Ende zu setzen.

Ein Gefühl der Panik wollte sich breitmachen, ließ sich aber zurückdrängen. Wer schon mal gestorben war, kannte größere Probleme. Die Lantis, das Volk aus der Urzeit der Erde, hat sich in der Gegenwart eine neue Heimat aufgebaut, ein modernes Atlantis. Noch ist es verborgen, aber das kann nicht ewig so bleiben. Sie müssen aufbrechen. Die Lantis, um sich über die Welt zu verbreiten, und Anne Winkler, um ihr großes Ziel zu erreichen: ein friedliches Zusammenleben zwischen den modernen Menschen und dem uralten Volk. Aber nicht jeder hat Lust auf eine friedliche Zukunft.

Grace Lord, combat surgeon in training, has just landed her dream job aboard a medical space station. Attacked by a powerful, gorilla-enhanced combat soldier the moment she steps onto the station, she quickly realizes this assignment will be far from typical. She treats the wounded space marines of the Conglomerate under the watchful eyes of stalking androids who all look alike and a mentor with a serious case of megalomania. Meeting a drop-dead gorgeous psychiatrist almost makes it worth it, until the station docks with a mysterious vessel.

After escaping the lab, Molly heads toward her hometown and away from Kelle. Caught between two worlds, she struggles to retain the last remaining vestiges of her humanity. Inexplicably, Molly finds herself the unlikely protector of two children, who are both terrified and amazed at her abilities. Meanwhile, Kelle has gathered a horde of undead followers as she continues tracking Molly southward, killing and devouring every human they stumble across along on the way.

How do you stop: A pathogen designed with artificial intelligence ... engineered to wipe out minorities ... about to erupt into a pandemic ... When you don't know where, when or why? Jaceks a courageous man - and the last hope to save his sister, who wilts away from an untreatable disease. The doctors say she's incurable. He must find a cure. Jacek combines Artificial Intelligence with the gene-editing technique, CRISPR CAS 9, to stop the disease from killing her. Now with a cure in sight, funding cuts threaten to eliminate his work.

Katherine thought that by taking on the leader of the Hounds of God, she'd be done with them. She didn't know that the werewolf influence had spread deep throughout the country, and maybe the world. Hunting down werewolves is one thing, but when a dark vampire comes calling, they find they must seek help. Will Katherine and her new clan of two werewolves and a half-vampire be enough to take on such levels of evil?

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

War has turned me into the weapon I swore to destroy. I lead an army now. But inside, I'm more lost than ever. Jameson's web of lies has me questioning everything. But without him, our revolt crumbles. With terrified rumors of an unbeatable new government weapon spreading through the streets, only our combined gifts offer any hope. Being near him burns, yet my traitorous heart still wants what we can't have. I don't know who to trust. The darkness promises only one thing - if I lose this war, the city and all I love dies with it. The fight will end in fire. I can only pray we rise from the ...

Engrossing, vivid, and disturbing, Cosmos’ surreal adventure unfolds as the stakes get higher and the setting expands to reveal the secrets of Freedom Basin and Basin’s Vault Prison, and the technological marvel of nearby City of Sol. With his dog Plato and accidental partners Reyansh and her celebrity-influencer brother Deva, this is a modern thriller told in the style of classic horror, studded with morphing monsters, haunted by modern moral questions and sub plots that promise to bloom (or explode) in the two volumes to follow.

Ein Biest geht um in Kommissar Hausmanns beschaulichem Kleinstadtrevier. Ein Mann wird brutal ermordet und ausgeweidet. Das Mysteriöse an der Tat: Dem Opfer fehlt jegliches Körperfett. Hausmann steht vor einem Rätsel. Zugleich empfängt der Hobby-Alienjäger Henry mysteriöse Signale, die von Außerirdischen zu stammen scheinen. Bald gibt es weitere Tote. Spuren führen zu einem hochgeheimen Labor.

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.

The line between good and evil is thin. When the most significant medical breakthrough in a century depends on the genius of a ten-year-old girl, the powerful Destiny Foundation will stop at nothing to control her. Shawn Shaw’s adopted daughter was bred as an experiment in cultivating intelligence. Shaw has tried to protect her from her past. With CRISPR gene editing, the Destiny scientists are committed to develop an elite society. Shaw stands in their way. Who should have access to this life altering tool, and how can a gifted child live a normal life until she is old enough to decide ...