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Description

This is the story of Pierre Tardivel, a scientist, and his complex battle against deadly illness; an ex-Nazi war criminal still hiding in the US; a crooked insurance company; and a plot to make Pierre and his wife the victims of a bizarre genetic experiment. Sawyer juggles his plots smoothly... read more

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The screams came like popcorn popping: at first there were only one or two, then there were hundreds overlapping, then, finally, the quantity diminished, and at last there were none left and you knew it was done.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Robert J. Sawyer (Author)

Popular Tags

  1. 2007
  2. 2009
  3. fiction
  4. science fiction 
 

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