Parasite

The Parasitology Series - Book 1

Parasite

By Mira Grant, and Seanan McGuire
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“[A] mordant satire of the corporate public relations world…Grant extends the zombie theme of her Newsflesh trilogy to incorporate thoughtful reflections on biomedical issues that are both ominously challenging and eerily plausible. Sally is a complex, compassionate character, well suited to this exploration of trust, uncertainty, and the price of progress.”

Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010

Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010

Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012

Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010

Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010

From New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant comes a vision of a decade in the future, where 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 Intestinal Bodyguard worm 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.
 
"A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton." —John Joseph Adams
 
 
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