Invasive Procedures by Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston

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George Galen is a brilliant scientist, a pioneer in gene therapy. But Galen is dangerously insane – he has created a method to alter human DNA, not just to heal diseases, but to “improve” people – make them stronger, make them able to heal more quickly, and make them compliant to his will.... read more

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George Galen: A geneticist and pioneer in gene therapy.
Frank Hartman: A virologist.
Monica Owens: A cardiothoracic surgeon.
Dolores Arlington: A homeless, middle-aged woman.
Hal: A homeless drunk.
Nick: A homeless boy.
Jonathan: A homeless boy.
Byron: A hitchhiker.
Lichen: A healer.
Stone: A healer.
General Temin: A general in the army and Frank's boss.
Tyrese Riggs: A BHA agent.
Carter: A BHA agent.
Wyatt: Monica's six-year-old son.
Rosa: Wyatt's nanny.
Kouichi Yoshida: A doctor of Neurophysiology.
Eugene Irving: The director of the BHA.
Marcus Atkins: A BHA agent.
Pine: A healer.
Peeps: A BHA agent and the team's communications expert.
Carmen Hernandez: A BHA agent.
Melvin Dixon: A police deputy.
Kimberly: Add a description of this character.
Mr. Turner
Mr. Schneider
Victor
Rachel
Healer

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“Director Eugene Irving was not a man to be trifled with. To serve as the director of a federal agency such as the BHA, one needed balls of steel, plenty of ambition, and a few friends of political importance. Irving had all three - or all four, depending on whether you counted the steely balls separately.”

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Healers: Good Samaritans of the street known for giving out food to the needy and treating the sick.
BHA: The BioHazard Agency is a branch of the government that handles biowarfare attacks.

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Dolores never met a Healer she didn't like until the night they took her away.

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Acknowledgments
1. Healers
2. Recruit
3. Transplant
4. Countervirus
5. Wyatt
6. Scripture
7. Core
8. Patients
9. BHA
10. Yoshida
11. Level 4
12. Control
13. Irving
14. Arena
15. Escape
16. Healer
17. Site
18. Blood
19. Darkness
20. Interrogation
21. Heart
22. Prophecy
23. Supplies
24. Rescue
25. Trail
26. Contact
27. Fever
28. Prophet
29. Fire
30. Vessels
31. Infiltration
32. Dispersion
33. Agent
Afterword

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Orson Scott Card (Author)
Aaron Johnston (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Tor Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: 0-765-31424-X
Page Count: 352

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Library of Congress: PS3553.A655 I58 2007
Dewey: 813.54

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Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Authors, A-Z › ( C ) › Card, Orson Scott
Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Medical
Books › Mystery & Thrillers › Thrillers
Books › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Science Fiction
Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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