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An edition of Darwin's children (2001)

Darwin's children

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Greg Bear's Nebula Award--winning novel, Darwin's Radio, painted a chilling portrait of humankind on the threshold of a radical leap in evolution--one that would alter our species forever. Now Bear continues his provocative tale of the human race confronted by an uncertain future, where "survival of the fittest" takes on astonishing and controversial new dimensions.DARWIN'S CHILDRENEleven years have passed since SHEVA, an ancient retrovirus, was discovered in human DNA--a retrovirus that caused mutations in the human genome and heralded the arrival of a new wave of genetically enhanced humans. Now these changed children have reached adolescence . . . and face a world that is outraged about their very existence. For these special youths, possessed of remarkable, advanced traits that mark a major turning point in human development, are also ticking time bombs harboring hosts of viruses that could exterminate the "old" human race. Fear and hatred of the virus children have made them a persecuted underclass, quarantined by the government in special "schools," targeted by federally sanctioned bounty hunters, and demonized by hysterical segments of the population. But pockets of resistance have sprung up among those opposed to treating the children like dangerous diseases--and who fear the worst if the government's draconian measures are carried to their extreme.Scientists Kaye Lang and Mitch Rafelson are part of this small but determined minority. Once at the forefront of the discovery and study of the SHEVA outbreak, they now live as virtual exiles in the Virginia suburbs with their daughter, Stella--a bright, inquisitive virus child who is quickly maturing, straining to break free of the protective world her parents have built around her, and eager to seek out others of her kind.But for all their precautions, Kaye, Mitch, and Stella have not slipped below the government's radar. The agencies fanatically devoted to segregating and controlling the new-breed children monitor their every move--watching and waiting for the opportunity to strike the next blow in their escalating war to preserve "humankind" at any cost.

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HarperCollins
Language
English
Pages
473

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Cover of: Les enfants de Darwin
Les enfants de Darwin
2007, Librairie générale française
in French
Cover of: Darwin's children
Darwin's children
2004, HarperCollins
in English
Cover of: Darwin's children
Darwin's children
2003, Ballantine Books
in English - 1st ed.
Cover of: Darwin's children
Darwin's children
2003, HarperCollins
in English
Cover of: L'échelle de Darwin
L'échelle de Darwin
May 31, 2001, ROBERT LAFFONT, Robert Laffont
paperback
Cover of: Los niños de Darwin
Los niños de Darwin
Publish date unknown, Byblos

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London

Edition Notes

Originally published: 2003.

Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813.54
Library of Congress
PR9199.3.O38 W55 1987, PS3552.E157, PS3503

The Physical Object

Pagination
473 p. ;
Number of pages
473

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL15576526M
Internet Archive
windsofautumn0000okej_l3z7
ISBN 10
0007132387
LCCN
86034299
Library Thing
12973
Goodreads
887567

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