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Synopsis
He sought to create the son of his dreams – and invented a nightmare. Robin Cook's techno-medical thriller probes every father's greatest fear.
Drawing on a horror theme as old as Frankenstein, as fresh as tomorrow's headlines, Mutation is a chilling cautionary tale of the perils of genetic engineering.
When ob/gyn and biomolecular researcher Dr. Victor Frank learns of his wife's infertility, he initiates a bold – and dangerous – experiment. Unbeknownst to everyone, including her, Dr. Frank has adapted the methods of animal husbandry and molecular genetics to human reproduction. Fusing his wife's egg and his own sperm, he sets in motion the production of a superior being, his child.
The result of this experiment, a son, VJ, is born to a surrogate mother and legally adopted by the Franks. To their delight, their son is physically perfect, and by the age of three, displays the complex problem-solving abilities of a prodigy. Victor Frank is a happy man. He has produced a flawless human being, and that success – plus the subsequently healthy births he has covertly engineered through his obstetrics practice – bodes well for a dazzling professional future.
Then, without warning, VJ's intelligence level plunges to a point appropriate to his age, but stabilizes. For the moment, Frank can breathe a sigh of relief: Even if VJ is no longer the genius he was, at least he will be normal.
But that relief is tragically short-lived, for all too soon VJ begins to change again. And this time, there is no cause for comfort – only terror . . .
Mutation is both the spellbinding chronicle of a father pitted against his son in mythic battle and a timely warning to us all. Here is blue-chip Robin Cook, destined to be as controversial as it is compulsively readable.
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Doctor and author Robin Cook is widely credited with introducing the word ‘medical’ to the thriller genre, and decades after the publication of his 1977 breakthrough novel, Coma, he continues to dominate the category he created. Cook has successfully combined medical fact with fiction to produce over thirty international bestsellers, including Outbreak, Terminal, Contagion, Chromosome 6, Foreign Body, Intervention and Cure.
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Condition: Very Good. : En Mutation, el ginecólogo y investigador biomolecular Dr. Victor Stein se entera de la infertilidad de su esposa e inicia un experimento audaz y peligroso. Fusionando el óvulo de su esposa y su propio esperma, pone en marcha la producción de un ser superior, su hijo. Sin embargo, este experimento tiene consecuencias inesperadas y crea una pesadilla viviente. EAN: 9780330309783 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y Ficción Título: Mutation Autor: Robin Cook Editorial: Pan MacMillan Idioma: en Páginas: 368 Formato: tapa blanda Año de publicación: 1989. Seller Inventory # Happ-2025-09-25-6a6c24ee
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