Cain's Blood - Softcover

Girard, Geoffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1476704058 ISBN 13: 9781476704050

Publisher: Gallery Books, 2014

Synopsis

When clones of infamous serial killers escape from a secret government facility, it s up to a former Army Ranger to stop them with the help of a teenage killer clone. The DNA of the world s most notorious serial killers including Ted Bundy, The Son of Sam, and The Boston Strangler has been cloned by the US Department of Defense to develop a new breed of bioweapon. Now in Phase Three, the program includes dozens of young men who have no clue as to their evil heritage. Playing a twisted game of nature vs. nurture, scientists raise some of the clones with loving families and others in abusive circumstances. But everything changes when the most dangerous boys are set free by their creator. A man with demons of his own, former black ops soldier Shawn Castillo is hot on the clones trail. But Castillo didn t count on the quiet young man he finds hiding in an abandoned house a boy who has just learned he is the clone of Jeffrey Dahmer. As Jeffrey and Castillo race across the country after the rampaging teens, Castillo must protect the boy who is the embodiment of his biggest fears and who may also be his last hope. A wild, peek-through-your fingers scare ride (Paul Tremblay, author of "The Little Sleep"), "Cain s Blood "melds all-too-plausible science and ripped-from-the-headlines horror into a stunning work about the potential for good and evil in us all."

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Review

"Like the best SF thrillers, Girard's promising debut is plausibly grounded in reality. . . . Readers will hope that Girard, who gets the most out of his frightening idea, will continue this Michael Crichton vein in a sequel."--Publishers Weekly

"This must be the highest-concept, most movie-ready idea of the year. . . . Great fun, an updated The Boys from Brazil."--Booklist

About the Author

Born in Germany, raised in New Jersey, and currently living in Ohio, Geoffrey Girard graduated from Washington College with a literature degree and worked as an advertising copywriter and marketing manager before becoming a high school English teacher. He is currently the English department chair at a private boy's school in Ohio and is a Masters candidate in creative writing at Miami University of Ohio. Visit him online at GeoffreyGirard.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1476704058
• ISBN 13: 9781476704050
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352