Parasite
Author: Mira Grant
ISBN: 9780356501925
Publisher: Little Brown
Year first published: 29 Oct 2013
Pages: 512 Format: Paperback / softback
A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease.We owe our good health to a humble parasite - a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system - even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them.But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives. . . and will do anything to get them.
ISBN: 9780356501925
Publisher: Little Brown
Year first published: 29 Oct 2013
Pages: 512 Format: Paperback / softback
A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease.We owe our good health to a humble parasite - a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system - even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them.But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives. . . and will do anything to get them.
