Author: Aaron Hodges
Publisher: Aaron Hodges
ISBN: 0995136572
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1119
Book Description
In a world where progress has stifled the very essence of human evolution, a terrifying future waits… The year is 2051, and the Western Allied States have emerged as the dominant power in North America. However, a sinister plague is spreading like wildfire, transforming its victims into something unimaginable. The call them the Chead, and where they walk, destruction follows. Across the nation, the search for a cure becomes paramount. As fear tightens its grip, the government's ironclad control grows, thriving on obedience and conformity. In this treacherous landscape, eighteen-year-old Chris, a seemingly ordinary young man, believes in the illusion of safety. Until the night they come for him. Branded a traitor, Chris is abducted and taken to a clandestine facility deep in the Californian mountains. There he becomes an unwilling subject in a diabolical experiment aimed at reshaping humanity. The odds of emerging unscathed are slim. But death is a privilege reserved for the fortunate few. Can Chris overcome his new reality and find a glimmer of hope in the darkness? Or will he succumb to the merciless powers that threaten to consume him and everything else in this grim world?
The Evolution Gene: The Complete Trilogy
Author: Aaron Hodges
Publisher: Aaron Hodges
ISBN: 0995136572
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1119
Book Description
In a world where progress has stifled the very essence of human evolution, a terrifying future waits… The year is 2051, and the Western Allied States have emerged as the dominant power in North America. However, a sinister plague is spreading like wildfire, transforming its victims into something unimaginable. The call them the Chead, and where they walk, destruction follows. Across the nation, the search for a cure becomes paramount. As fear tightens its grip, the government's ironclad control grows, thriving on obedience and conformity. In this treacherous landscape, eighteen-year-old Chris, a seemingly ordinary young man, believes in the illusion of safety. Until the night they come for him. Branded a traitor, Chris is abducted and taken to a clandestine facility deep in the Californian mountains. There he becomes an unwilling subject in a diabolical experiment aimed at reshaping humanity. The odds of emerging unscathed are slim. But death is a privilege reserved for the fortunate few. Can Chris overcome his new reality and find a glimmer of hope in the darkness? Or will he succumb to the merciless powers that threaten to consume him and everything else in this grim world?
Publisher: Aaron Hodges
ISBN: 0995136572
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1119
Book Description
In a world where progress has stifled the very essence of human evolution, a terrifying future waits… The year is 2051, and the Western Allied States have emerged as the dominant power in North America. However, a sinister plague is spreading like wildfire, transforming its victims into something unimaginable. The call them the Chead, and where they walk, destruction follows. Across the nation, the search for a cure becomes paramount. As fear tightens its grip, the government's ironclad control grows, thriving on obedience and conformity. In this treacherous landscape, eighteen-year-old Chris, a seemingly ordinary young man, believes in the illusion of safety. Until the night they come for him. Branded a traitor, Chris is abducted and taken to a clandestine facility deep in the Californian mountains. There he becomes an unwilling subject in a diabolical experiment aimed at reshaping humanity. The odds of emerging unscathed are slim. But death is a privilege reserved for the fortunate few. Can Chris overcome his new reality and find a glimmer of hope in the darkness? Or will he succumb to the merciless powers that threaten to consume him and everything else in this grim world?
The Sword of Light
Author: Aaron Hodges
Publisher: Aaron Hodges
ISBN: 0473387824
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 933
Book Description
For five hundred years the Gods have united the Three Nations in harmony. Now that balance has been shattered, and chaos threatens. A town burns and flames light the night sky. Hunted and alone, seventeen year old Eric flees through the wreckage. The mob grows closer, baying for the blood of their tormentor. Guilt weighs on his soul, but he cannot stop, cannot turn back. If he stops, they die. For two years he has carried this curse, bringing death and destruction wherever he goes. But now there is another searching for him – one who offers salvation. His name is Alastair, and he knows the true nature of the curse. Magic. An original epic fantasy novel with dragons, gods and magic, packed with action, adventure, swords and sorcery, by New York Times Bestselling Author Aaron Hodges.
Publisher: Aaron Hodges
ISBN: 0473387824
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 933
Book Description
For five hundred years the Gods have united the Three Nations in harmony. Now that balance has been shattered, and chaos threatens. A town burns and flames light the night sky. Hunted and alone, seventeen year old Eric flees through the wreckage. The mob grows closer, baying for the blood of their tormentor. Guilt weighs on his soul, but he cannot stop, cannot turn back. If he stops, they die. For two years he has carried this curse, bringing death and destruction wherever he goes. But now there is another searching for him – one who offers salvation. His name is Alastair, and he knows the true nature of the curse. Magic. An original epic fantasy novel with dragons, gods and magic, packed with action, adventure, swords and sorcery, by New York Times Bestselling Author Aaron Hodges.
The Genome Project
Author: Aaron Hodges
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995120211
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
In 2051, America is no more. Risen from the ashes of civil war, the Western Allied States ruthlessly eradicate any threat to the new union. Traitors are executed without trial, their families seized. But a terrifying plague is sweeping through the nation. Its victims do not die--they change. People call them the Chead, and where they walk, destruction follows. Desperate to stop its spread, the government turns to the children of traitors for a solution. Eighteen-year-old Elizabeth Flores is one of the unlucky 'volunteers' for their experiments. Made a fugitive by the death of her parents, she seeks refuge in the city of Sacramento...but the hunters are waiting, and she is imprisoned along with hundreds of others deep in the Californian mountains. Stripped of her rights, Elizabeth soon learns there is little separating humanity from the monsters they seek to destroy... Blending the dystopian Hunger Games with the insane experiments of Stranger Things, fans will love this new imagining of a not-so-distant future. Enter an all new world with New York Times Bestselling Author, Aaron Hodges. *This series was originally published as the Praegressus Project, but has been rewritten and rebranded.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995120211
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
In 2051, America is no more. Risen from the ashes of civil war, the Western Allied States ruthlessly eradicate any threat to the new union. Traitors are executed without trial, their families seized. But a terrifying plague is sweeping through the nation. Its victims do not die--they change. People call them the Chead, and where they walk, destruction follows. Desperate to stop its spread, the government turns to the children of traitors for a solution. Eighteen-year-old Elizabeth Flores is one of the unlucky 'volunteers' for their experiments. Made a fugitive by the death of her parents, she seeks refuge in the city of Sacramento...but the hunters are waiting, and she is imprisoned along with hundreds of others deep in the Californian mountains. Stripped of her rights, Elizabeth soon learns there is little separating humanity from the monsters they seek to destroy... Blending the dystopian Hunger Games with the insane experiments of Stranger Things, fans will love this new imagining of a not-so-distant future. Enter an all new world with New York Times Bestselling Author, Aaron Hodges. *This series was originally published as the Praegressus Project, but has been rewritten and rebranded.
The Gene
Author: Siddhartha Mukherjee
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476733538
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller The basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate History Now includes an excerpt from Siddhartha Mukherjee’s new book Song of the Cell! From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick” (Elle). “Sid Mukherjee has the uncanny ability to bring together science, history, and the future in a way that is understandable and riveting, guiding us through both time and the mystery of life itself.” —Ken Burns “Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee dazzled readers with his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Emperor of All Maladies in 2010. That achievement was evidently just a warm-up for his virtuoso performance in The Gene: An Intimate History, in which he braids science, history, and memoir into an epic with all the range and biblical thunder of Paradise Lost” (The New York Times). In this biography Mukherjee brings to life the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates, and choices. “Mukherjee expresses abstract intellectual ideas through emotional stories…[and] swaddles his medical rigor with rhapsodic tenderness, surprising vulnerability, and occasional flashes of pure poetry” (The Washington Post). Throughout, the story of Mukherjee’s own family—with its tragic and bewildering history of mental illness—reminds us of the questions that hang over our ability to translate the science of genetics from the laboratory to the real world. In riveting and dramatic prose, he describes the centuries of research and experimentation—from Aristotle and Pythagoras to Mendel and Darwin, from Boveri and Morgan to Crick, Watson and Franklin, all the way through the revolutionary twenty-first century innovators who mapped the human genome. “A fascinating and often sobering history of how humans came to understand the roles of genes in making us who we are—and what our manipulation of those genes might mean for our future” (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel), The Gene is the revelatory and magisterial history of a scientific idea coming to life, the most crucial science of our time, intimately explained by a master. “The Gene is a book we all should read” (USA TODAY).
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476733538
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 624
Book Description
The #1 NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller The basis for the PBS Ken Burns Documentary The Gene: An Intimate History Now includes an excerpt from Siddhartha Mukherjee’s new book Song of the Cell! From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Emperor of All Maladies—a fascinating history of the gene and “a magisterial account of how human minds have laboriously, ingeniously picked apart what makes us tick” (Elle). “Sid Mukherjee has the uncanny ability to bring together science, history, and the future in a way that is understandable and riveting, guiding us through both time and the mystery of life itself.” —Ken Burns “Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee dazzled readers with his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Emperor of All Maladies in 2010. That achievement was evidently just a warm-up for his virtuoso performance in The Gene: An Intimate History, in which he braids science, history, and memoir into an epic with all the range and biblical thunder of Paradise Lost” (The New York Times). In this biography Mukherjee brings to life the quest to understand human heredity and its surprising influence on our lives, personalities, identities, fates, and choices. “Mukherjee expresses abstract intellectual ideas through emotional stories…[and] swaddles his medical rigor with rhapsodic tenderness, surprising vulnerability, and occasional flashes of pure poetry” (The Washington Post). Throughout, the story of Mukherjee’s own family—with its tragic and bewildering history of mental illness—reminds us of the questions that hang over our ability to translate the science of genetics from the laboratory to the real world. In riveting and dramatic prose, he describes the centuries of research and experimentation—from Aristotle and Pythagoras to Mendel and Darwin, from Boveri and Morgan to Crick, Watson and Franklin, all the way through the revolutionary twenty-first century innovators who mapped the human genome. “A fascinating and often sobering history of how humans came to understand the roles of genes in making us who we are—and what our manipulation of those genes might mean for our future” (Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel), The Gene is the revelatory and magisterial history of a scientific idea coming to life, the most crucial science of our time, intimately explained by a master. “The Gene is a book we all should read” (USA TODAY).
The Atlantis Gene
Author: A.G. Riddle
Publisher: Atlantis Trilogy
ISBN: 1784970093
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
70,000 years ago, the human race almost went extinct. We survived, but no one knows how. Now the countdown to the next stage of human evolution is about to begin. Will we survive this time? An exhilarating thriller that reveals the secrets of modern science and ancient conspiracies.
Publisher: Atlantis Trilogy
ISBN: 1784970093
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
70,000 years ago, the human race almost went extinct. We survived, but no one knows how. Now the countdown to the next stage of human evolution is about to begin. Will we survive this time? An exhilarating thriller that reveals the secrets of modern science and ancient conspiracies.
Stormwielder
Author: Aaron Hodges
Publisher: Aaron Hodges
ISBN: 0994147554
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Publisher: Aaron Hodges
ISBN: 0994147554
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Ingenious Genes
Author: Roger Sansom
Publisher: Life and Mind: Philosophical I
ISBN: 9780262195812
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A proposal for a new model of the evolution of gene regulation networks and development that draws on work from artificial intelligence and philosophy of mind. Each of us is a collection of more than ten trillion cells, busy performing tasks crucial to our continued existence. Gene regulation networks, consisting of a subset of genes called transcription factors, control cellular activity, producing the right gene activities for the many situations that the multiplicity of cells in our bodies face. Genes working together make up a truly ingenious system. In this book, Roger Sansom investigates how gene regulation works and how such a refined but simple system evolved. Sansom describes in detail two frameworks for understanding gene regulation. The first, developed by the theoretical biologist Stuart Kauffman, holds that gene regulation networks are fundamentally systems that repeat patterns of gene expression. Sansom finds Kauffman's framework an inadequate explanation for how cells overcome the difficulty of development. Sansom proposes an alternative: the connectionist framework. Drawing on work from artificial intelligence and philosophy of mind, he argues that the key lies in how multiple transcription factors combine to regulate a single gene, acting in a way that is qualitatively consistent. This allows the expression of genes to be finely tuned to the variable microenvironments of cells. Because of the nature of both development and its evolution, we can gain insight into the developmental process when we identify gene regulation networks as the controllers of development. The ingenuity of genes is explained by how gene regulation networks evolve to control development.
Publisher: Life and Mind: Philosophical I
ISBN: 9780262195812
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A proposal for a new model of the evolution of gene regulation networks and development that draws on work from artificial intelligence and philosophy of mind. Each of us is a collection of more than ten trillion cells, busy performing tasks crucial to our continued existence. Gene regulation networks, consisting of a subset of genes called transcription factors, control cellular activity, producing the right gene activities for the many situations that the multiplicity of cells in our bodies face. Genes working together make up a truly ingenious system. In this book, Roger Sansom investigates how gene regulation works and how such a refined but simple system evolved. Sansom describes in detail two frameworks for understanding gene regulation. The first, developed by the theoretical biologist Stuart Kauffman, holds that gene regulation networks are fundamentally systems that repeat patterns of gene expression. Sansom finds Kauffman's framework an inadequate explanation for how cells overcome the difficulty of development. Sansom proposes an alternative: the connectionist framework. Drawing on work from artificial intelligence and philosophy of mind, he argues that the key lies in how multiple transcription factors combine to regulate a single gene, acting in a way that is qualitatively consistent. This allows the expression of genes to be finely tuned to the variable microenvironments of cells. Because of the nature of both development and its evolution, we can gain insight into the developmental process when we identify gene regulation networks as the controllers of development. The ingenuity of genes is explained by how gene regulation networks evolve to control development.
The Levi Genes
Author: O. E. Vey
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 9781432726072
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
God, aliens, accident or something else? The controversy continues to rage after many thousands of years of argument, speculation, wonder ?Ǫ and murder. In a daring and no holds barred expos??, The Levi Genes, the first book of The Levi Trilogy, exposes the truth of how we got here and how weve developed over the millions of years. The Levi Genes holds nothing back and spares no one to find, expose and explain the truth in a manner everyone can understand. If you cant handle the truth, pretend its all just a made up story. Youll sleep better that way.
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 9781432726072
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
God, aliens, accident or something else? The controversy continues to rage after many thousands of years of argument, speculation, wonder ?Ǫ and murder. In a daring and no holds barred expos??, The Levi Genes, the first book of The Levi Trilogy, exposes the truth of how we got here and how weve developed over the millions of years. The Levi Genes holds nothing back and spares no one to find, expose and explain the truth in a manner everyone can understand. If you cant handle the truth, pretend its all just a made up story. Youll sleep better that way.
A Crack In Creation
Author: Jennifer A. Doudna
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544716965
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
BY THE WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY | Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize “A powerful mix of science and ethics . . . This book is required reading for every concerned citizen—the material it covers should be discussed in schools, colleges, and universities throughout the country.”— New York Review of Books Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. That is, until 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR—a revolutionary new technology that she helped create—to make heritable changes in human embryos. The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers. Yet even the tiniest changes to DNA could have myriad, unforeseeable consequences, to say nothing of the ethical and societal repercussions of intentionally mutating embryos to create “better” humans. Writing with fellow researcher Sam Sternberg, Doudna—who has since won the Nobel Prize for her CRISPR research—shares the thrilling story of her discovery and describes the enormous responsibility that comes with the power to rewrite the code of life. “The future is in our hands as never before, and this book explains the stakes like no other.” — George Lucas “An invaluable account . . . We owe Doudna several times over.” — Guardian
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544716965
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
BY THE WINNER OF THE 2020 NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY | Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize “A powerful mix of science and ethics . . . This book is required reading for every concerned citizen—the material it covers should be discussed in schools, colleges, and universities throughout the country.”— New York Review of Books Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. That is, until 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR—a revolutionary new technology that she helped create—to make heritable changes in human embryos. The cheapest, simplest, most effective way of manipulating DNA ever known, CRISPR may well give us the cure to HIV, genetic diseases, and some cancers. Yet even the tiniest changes to DNA could have myriad, unforeseeable consequences, to say nothing of the ethical and societal repercussions of intentionally mutating embryos to create “better” humans. Writing with fellow researcher Sam Sternberg, Doudna—who has since won the Nobel Prize for her CRISPR research—shares the thrilling story of her discovery and describes the enormous responsibility that comes with the power to rewrite the code of life. “The future is in our hands as never before, and this book explains the stakes like no other.” — George Lucas “An invaluable account . . . We owe Doudna several times over.” — Guardian
The Three Nations: Discover a World of Gods, Dragons, and Magic
Author: Aaron Hodges
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995129672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
A boy possessed by terrible magic. A warrior burdened with guilt. A young woman on a quest to save her mother. Three books--the beginnings of three epic trilogies. Grab this Christmas special now and discover the Three Nations, a world of Gods, dragons and magic! STORMWIELDER: A town burns and flames light the night sky. Hunted and alone, seventeen year old Eric flees through the wreckage. The mob grows closer, baying for the blood of their tormentor. Guilt weighs on his soul, but he cannot stop, cannot turn back. If he stops, they die. OATHBREAKER: A century since the departure of the Gods, the Three Nations are now united beneath the Tsar. Magic has been outlawed, its power too dangerous to remain unchecked. All Magickers must surrender themselves to the crown, or face imprisonment and death. DAUGHTER OF FATE: When Knights attack the town of Skystead, seventeen-year-old Pela is the only one to escape. Her mother and the other villagers are taken, accused of worshiping the False Gods. They will pay the ultimate price - unless Pela can rescue them.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995129672
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 914
Book Description
A boy possessed by terrible magic. A warrior burdened with guilt. A young woman on a quest to save her mother. Three books--the beginnings of three epic trilogies. Grab this Christmas special now and discover the Three Nations, a world of Gods, dragons and magic! STORMWIELDER: A town burns and flames light the night sky. Hunted and alone, seventeen year old Eric flees through the wreckage. The mob grows closer, baying for the blood of their tormentor. Guilt weighs on his soul, but he cannot stop, cannot turn back. If he stops, they die. OATHBREAKER: A century since the departure of the Gods, the Three Nations are now united beneath the Tsar. Magic has been outlawed, its power too dangerous to remain unchecked. All Magickers must surrender themselves to the crown, or face imprisonment and death. DAUGHTER OF FATE: When Knights attack the town of Skystead, seventeen-year-old Pela is the only one to escape. Her mother and the other villagers are taken, accused of worshiping the False Gods. They will pay the ultimate price - unless Pela can rescue them.