Invasive Procedures
By Orson Scott Card; Aaron Johnston
(Tor Science Fiction, Mass Market Paperback, 9780765352828, 416pp.)
Publication Date: July 29, 2008
Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Compact Disc, MP3 CD
Categories: Medical, Science Fiction - General, Thrillers
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George Galen is a brilliant scientist, a pioneer in gene therapy. But Galen is dangerously insane – he has created a method to alter human DNA, not just to heal diseases, but to “improve” people – make them stronger, make them able to heal more quickly, and make them compliant to his will.
Frank Hartman is also a brilliant virologist, working for the government’s ultra-secret bio-hazard agency. He has discovered how to neutralize Galen’s DNA-changing virus, making him the one man who stands in the way of Galen’s plan to "improve" the entire human race.
This taut thriller takes the reader a few years into the future, and shows the promise and danger of new genetic medicine techniques.
Orson Scott Card is the bestselling author of Ender's Game. Aaron Johnston is a successful Hollywood screenwriter.
"This near-future thriller is based on Johnston's screenplay adaptation of Card's 1977 story "Malpractice," an early example of biotech sf...The novel wins the reader over on the basis of execution rather than conceptual originality, with pace, characterization, and chilling suspense all polished to a high gloss."
--Booklist
“Orson Scott Card made a strong case for being the best writer science fiction has to offer.”
--The Houston Post
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