The Darwin Strain
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The Darwin Strain

  1. 515 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Darwin Strain

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From the authors of The Himalayan Codex: "Fantastical adventure grounded in real history and authentic science . . . [a] page-turner." —James Morrow, Nebula Award-winning author of The Philosopher's Apprentice

Though the fighting has stopped and Hitler is vanquished, a dangerous new war between America and the Soviet Union has begun. Invaluable in defeating the Nazis, accidental cryptozoologist R.J. MacCready and Yanni Thorne, an indigenous Brazilian and expert in animal behavior, are working for the Pentagon once again. Sent to a mysterious island in a remote corner of the Mediterranean, they're investigating rumors of a volcanic spring with "miraculous" healing properties that the locals say is guarded by sea monsters from ancient legends.

The islanders believe that, like Fatima, the spring is a gift from God. To the Greek Orthodox Church, it is a sign of a deadly evil foretold in apocalyptic texts. Alongside French and Chinese researchers—men who share their strange, bloodstained past—Mac and Yanni discover that the spring's undersea plumes release an exotic microbe that can transform life with astonishing speed.

To find the source of the volcanic spring, Mac and Yanni must find a way to neutralize "the Dragons of Revelation"—a fearsome aquatic species also known as Kraken—which are preventing the scientists from exploring deep beneath the sea's surface. Mutating at a stunning pace, the Kraken have evolved into a chillingly high alien intelligence. As the race to possess the microbe heats up, tensions between geopolitics, religion, and ordinary scientists confronted with the unknown escalate into chaos. Mac and Yanni know all too well that one wrong choice can easily set in motion a biological chain reaction that will reach across the decades to enhance—or destroy—everything that lives. . . .

"Excellent . . . Schutt and Finch are worthy successors of Michael Crichton." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Information

Publisher
William Morrow
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9780062835499
Print ISBN
9780062835475
Subtopic
Science Fiction

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Epigraph
  3. Contents
  4. Map #1
  5. Map #2
  6. Map #3
  7. Map #4
  8. Prologue
  9. Chapter 1: Hephaestus Awakes
  10. Chapter 2: From the Graves of Eden
  11. Chapter 3: Adaptation
  12. Chapter 4: Dead of Night
  13. Chapter 5: Plum Island Rising
  14. Chapter 6: It Came from Beneath the Sea
  15. Chapter 7: Lysenko
  16. Chapter 8: All That Remains
  17. Chapter 9: Seeing Red
  18. Chapter 10: A Meeting with Medusa
  19. Chapter 11: Secret Wars
  20. Chapter 12: Codes and Conspiracies
  21. Chapter 13: What an Octopus Knows
  22. Chapter 14: Immortal Sins
  23. Chapter 15: Beyond the Spectrum
  24. Chapter 16: A Study in Scarlet
  25. Chapter 17: Future Primitive
  26. Chapter 18: Chains of Command
  27. Chapter 19: Icarus
  28. Chapter 20: Anger, Denial, Acceptance
  29. Epilogue
  30. Part 1: Yanni: The Quest
  31. Part 2: The Darwin Strain: Anatomy of a Legend
  32. Author’s Note
  33. Acknowledgments
  34. Selected Bibliography
  35. About the Authors
  36. Also by Bill Schutt & J. R. Finch
  37. Copyright
  38. About the Publisher

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