Babylon Babies

ISBN: 0345505972

Author: Maurice G Dantec

Condition: New

What makes the novel so haunting is its vision of a near future in which society has fractured along every possible national, tribal and sectarian fault line.-The New York Times Book ReviewIn the hidden flesh and chip breeding grounds of the first cyborg communities, Toorop, a hard-boiled Special Forces veteran of Sarajevo, is hired by a shadow organization to escort a young woman, Marie Zorn, from Russia to Canada. But what appears to be a routine job is anything but. After completing the mission, Thoorop discovers that Marie is no ordinary girl. A genetically altered pawn in an elaborate plot, Marie is carrying a dark secret that could spell destruction for all humankind-if Thoorop doesnt track her down before its too late.A vast encyclopedia of the future as seen through a crystal ball with cracks in the glass.-The Sydney Morning HeraldIntense.-Publishers WeeklyNow the major motion picture Babylon A.D. starring Vin Diesel.