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In 2079, the greatest power is not derived from artificial intelligence or robotics, but from biology. And one corporation has cornered the market.A century after the first computer code, scientists now program DNA – the code of life itself – with the same precision. They grow buildings from living tissue. They create tireless hybrid-species workers and sell them as products. They cure every disease, offer beauty for sale, and even reverse aging itself, delivering eternal youth to those who can afford it.When investigative reporter Amadé Bertrand receives an anonymous tip about wrongdoing inside the world's most powerful corporation – genetic engineering giant GeneTech – she makes a startling discovery. One that will not just upend her career, but will force her to choose between exposing the truth and protecting the only man who might be able to save humanity from itself.But other forces have their own visions of what civilization should become.A brilliant scientist determined to change humanity's place in the universe. A disgraced colonel intent on stopping geneticists from tinkering with life. A genetically engineered farmworker with abilities she was never meant to possess. A messianic preacher who sees the world as a battleground of good versus evil. A cunning spy with her own agenda. All are converging on the same secret; a secret that could be the key to the salvation – or destruction – of humanity.Gene Pool: Unnatural Selection, the first novel in the Gene Pool series, is a fast-moving near-future biopunk thriller for readers who love corporate conspiracy, genetic engineering, high moral stakes, and science fiction rooted in the terrifying possibilities of tomorrow. Read more
