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Parasite

#1 Parasitology

Mira Grant

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English
Orbit Books
29 October 2013
Series: Parasitology
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.

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Imprint:   Orbit Books
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 196mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 40mm
Weight:   358g
ISBN:   9780356501925
ISBN 10:   0356501922
Series:   Parasitology
Pages:   512
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Author Website:   www.miragrant.com

Mira Grant lives in California, sleeps with a machete under her bed, and highly suggests you do the same. Mira Grant is the open pseudonym of Seanan McGuire, a successful fantasy writer and the winner of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.

Reviews for Parasite (#1 Parasitology)

An incredible, disturbingly plausible tale of what happens to a world where medical treatments have minds of their own i09.com Parasite is believable, disturbing and only the beginning ... The distrubingly realistic plot, coupled with interspersed events of hostility from the infected, make for a suspense ridden read SciFiNow A creepy spine-tingler of a medical thriller Charles Stross The most readable, wittily written - and even charming zombie thriller in years MORNING STAR Interesting, morally ambiguous characters and some genuinely unexpected plot developments . . lives up to its intriguing premise THE LIST Existing in a unique space somewhere between medical thriller, psychological science fiction and body horror, Parasite is a properly chilling read THE ELOQUENT PAGE A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton John Joseph Adams


  • Short-listed for Hugo Awards 2014 (UK)
  • Short-listed for Hugo Award: Novel Category 2014
  • Shortlisted for Hugo Award: Novel Category 2014.

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