# Ancestor - Paperback

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by **Scott Sigler** (Author)

_"The ancestors are out there...you have to believe me."  
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From acclaimed author Scott Sigler--_New York Times_ bestselling creator of _Infected_ and _Contagious_\--comes a tale of genetic experimentation's worst nightmare come true.

Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a heart, a liver, a kidney. Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a nominal fee ... and imagine what a company would do to get a monopoly on that technology.

On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, PJ Colding leads a group of geneticists who have discovered this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering the genomes of thousands of mammals, Colding's team has dialed back the evolutionary clock to re-create humankind's common ancestor. The method? Illegal. The result? A computer-engineered living creature, an animal whose organs can be implanted in any person, and with no chance of transplant rejection.

There's just one problem: these _ancestors_ are not the docile herd animals that Colding's team envisioned. Instead, Colding's work has given birth to something big, something _evil_.

With these killer creatures on the prowl, Colding and the woman he loves must fight to survive -- even as government agents close in to shut the project down, and the deep-pocketed company backing this research proves to have its own cold-blooded agenda.

As the creators become the prey in the ultimate battle for survival, Scott Sigler takes readers on the ultimate thrill-ride--and offers a chilling cautionary account of what can happen when hubris, greed, and madness drive scientific experimentation past the brink of reason.

### Author Biography

SCOTT SIGLER is a popular podcaster and the _New York Times_ bestselling author of _Contagious_ and _Infected_. He lives in San Francisco with his wife and their dog.

**Number of Pages:** 432

**Dimensions:** 0.75 x 8.04 x 5.25 IN

**Publication Date:** June 07, 2011

## Details

- **Price:** 27.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Genetic Engineering, Horror, Price Written on Book, Science Fiction, Technological, Thrillers

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