Trans/Human - Hardcover

Bova, Ben

2.95

893 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765332930 ISBN 13: 9780765332936

Publisher: Tor Books, 2014

View all copies of this ISBN edition:

Six-time Hugo Award-winner Ben Bova presents Transhuman.

Luke Abramson, a brilliant cellular biologist has one joy in life, his ten-year-old granddaughter, Angela. When he learns that Angela has an inoperable brain tumor and is given less than six months to live, Abramson wants to try an experimental new therapy that he believes will kill Angela's tumor.

Her parents object and the hospital bureaucracy blocks the experimental procedure because it has not been approved by the FDA. Knowing that Angela will die before he can get approval, Abramson abducts Angela from the hospital. He plans to take her to a private research laboratory in Oregon.

Luke has turned his old SUV into a makeshift medical facility, treating Angela as best he can while they are on the road, desperately trying to keep his granddaughter alive long enough to give her the treatment he believes will save her life.

Abramson realizes that he's too old and decrepit to flee across the country with his sick granddaughter, so he injects himself with a genetic factor that has successfully reversed aging in animal tests.

As the chase weaves across the country from one research facility to another, Luke begins to grow physically younger, stronger. He looks and feels the way he did thirty or forty years ago.

But will he be able to save Angela?

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:

"Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways." --"The New York Times

""Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction." --"Daily News" (Los Angeles)

"[Bova's] excellence at combining hard science with believable characters and an attention-grabbing plot makes him one of the genre's most accessible and entertaining storytellers." --"Library Journal"

"Plausible twenty-first-century medical research, the bond between a grandfather and his granddaughter, and political power all serve to make this book a must-read for those who enjoyed "The Fugitive". A combination of thriller, adventure, and drama will enthrall."--"Booklist, "starred review

"Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways." --"The New York Times

""Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction." --"Daily News" (Los Angeles)

"[Bova's] excellence at combining hard science with believable characters and an attention-grabbing plot makes him one of the genre's most accessible and entertaining storytellers." --"Library Journal"

Plausible twenty-first-century medical research, the bond between a grandfather and his granddaughter, and political power all serve to make this book a must-read for those who enjoyed "The Fugitive." A combination of thriller, adventure, and drama will enthrall. "Booklist, starred review"

Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways. "The New York Times"

Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction. "Daily News (Los Angeles)"

[Bova's] excellence at combining hard science with believable characters and an attention-grabbing plot makes him one of the genre's most accessible and entertaining storytellers. "Library Journal""

"Bova proves himself equal to the task of showing how adversity can temper character in unforeseen ways." --The New York Times

"Bova gets better and better, combining plausible science with increasingly complex fiction." --Daily News (Los Angeles)

"[Bova's] excellence at combining hard science with believable characters and an attention-grabbing plot makes him one of the genre's most accessible and entertaining storytellers." --Library Journal

About the Author:

BEN BOVA is a six-time winner of the Hugo Award, a former editor of Analog, former editorial director of Omni, and a past president of both the National Space Society and the Science Fiction Writers of America. Bova is the author of more than a hundred works of science fact and fiction, most recently Power Play, Farside, and New Earth. He lives in Florida.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.