The Genesis Flaw

ISBN: 1472125908

Author: Larkin, L. A.

Condition: New

About the Author Adventurerand thriller author, L.A. Larkin, has been likened to Michael Crichton by The Guardian and to Alistair MacLean by The Times. She is known for her'extreme' research, including her time in Antarctica, attending a hackers'convention and learning to sew up a wound. Her current novel, Devour, won praise from authors likePeter James and is described by LiteratureWorks as 'exciting, original and utterly captivating.' Larkin divides hertime between Sydney and London.lalarkin.com/ Product Description Nominated for four crime fiction awards ... 'A savvy, entertaining thriller,' The AgeHuman experiments in Zimbabwe. An Australian farmer's death. A Sydney CEO's suicide. Only one woman sees the connection. Serena Swift is a ballsy advertising director with a guilty conscience who takes on the world's most powerful biotech company - Gene-Asis.Serena hooks up with a hacker and disguises herself to infiltrate Gene-Asis in an attempt to expose the company's horrific genetic experiments. She little realises her investigations are being watched.Suddenly, Swift's informants disappear, she is hunted by a hired killer and framed for murder. Chased from Sydney to New York, she must face the man she fears most, on his own turf.If she fails, nothing can stop a global catastrophe. And nobody can help her - except a dead man.The Genesis Flaw is a fast-paced thriller, spine-chillingly pertinent for our times and will grip readers from beginning to end. Review 'A sweaty-palm page-turner with shortchapters and loads of action. It's the literary equivalent of The Day AfterTomorrow or Lost; exciting, compulsive reading.' - Bookseller + Publisher'A savvy, entertaining thriller.' - The Age'Deserves comparisons to Michael Crichtonand John Grisham' - ABC