Darwin's Radio (Paperback, New Ed)

Bear is a writer of great strength and imagination, whose sense of the epic is fully engaged in this heady combination of political and scientific suspense. Joining an emergency task force, virus hunter Dicken is engaged in a remarkable search for a lethal gene called SHEVA. Dicken needs scientist Kaye Lang on his team; she predicted the emergence of SHEVA, and knows more about it than anyone else. The stakes are no less than the descent of man, with Darwinian theory about to be detonated. Counterpointing his large-scale narrative with a well-observed love story, Bear deals with issues which, while controversial and thought-provoking, do not get in the way of a story that grips compulsively over its considerable length. (Kirkus UK)

THE NEXT GREAT WAR WILL START INSIDE US Greg Bear's powerfully written, brilliantly inventive novels combine cutting-edge science and unforgettable characters, illuminating dazzling new technologies -- and their dangers. Bear draws on state-of-the-art biological and anthropological research to give us an ingeniously plotted thriller that questions everything we believe about human origins and destiny -- as civilization confronts the next terrifying step in evolution. A mass grave in Russia that conceals the mummified remains of two women, both with child -- and the conspiracy to keep it secret... a major discovery high in the Alps: the preserved bodies of a prehistoric family -- the newborn infant possessing disturbing characteristics... a mysterious disease that strikes only pregnant women, resulting in miscarriage. Three disparate facts that will converge into one science-shattering truth. ancient diseases encoded in the DNA of humans can again come to life. But her theory soon becomes chilling reality. For Christopher Dicken -- a 'virus hunter' at the Epidemic Intelligence Service -- has pursued an elusive flu-like disease that strikes down expectant mothers and their offspring. The shocking link: something that has slept in our genes for millions of years is waking up. Now, as the outbreak of this terrifying disease threatens to become a deadly epidemic, Dicken and Lang, along with anthropologist Mitch Rafelson, must race against time to assemble the pieces of a puzzle only they are equipped to solve. An evolutionary puzzle that will determine the future of the human race... if a future exists at all.

General

Imprint:	HarperCollinsPublishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2000
Authors:	Greg Bear
Dimensions:	178 x 111 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Mass Market
Pages:	448
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-00-651138-0
Categories:	Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Science fiction Promotions
LSN:	0-00-651138-4
Barcode:	9780006511380

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