Mutant [Signed First Printing]

Clement, Peter

ISBN 10: 0345443373 / ISBN 13: 9780345443373

Published by Ballantine Books, New York, 2001

About this Item

Cloth (hardcover) in mylar protected dustjacket, gilt title, (9.5 x 6.5 inches), 326 pages. First Edition/First Printing with number "1" on publisher's number line. SIGNED by author on title page. A medical thriller with real science at its core, written by a former ER doctor. An exceptionally clean, tight copy in like unclipped jacket, collector fine condition Size: Octavo.

Seller Inventory # 005622

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mutant [Signed First Printing]
• Publisher: Ballantine Books, New York
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345443373
• ISBN 13: 9780345443373
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed

About this title

Synopsis

On an isolated stretch of moonlit highway in Oahu, a woman cradles her dying son in her arms. Though a physician, she cannot staunch the flow of foamy blood from his body. In the days that follow, an autopsy draws a shocking conclusion: the boy, his lungs filled with blood, died of a disease previously found only in birds.
On the other side of the globe, a burned-out ER doctor repeats to himself over and over: Physician, heal thyself. For Dr. Richard Steele, a near fatal heart attack in the middle of his own hospital was the last warning he needed. Now Steele is being recruited into a movement to examine the hazards of genetically modified foods, a job that takes him to an explosive conference in Hawaii.
Spearheaded by a charismatic female doctor, the anti-bioengineering movement is gathering steam. While a powerful company is using genetic breakthroughs to create new, disease-resistant super crops, activists warn that new DNA strains will wreak havoc on the environment. But no one suspects that the controversy is making a far more frightening human threat.

About the Author

Peter Clement, M.D., is a physician who headed an emergency room at a major metropolitan hospital and now maintains a private practice. He is also the author of Lethal Practice, Death Rounds, and The Procedure. He is married to a physician and has two sons.