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If you are familiar with the work of Preston and Child, you will enjoy the suspense and well-researched facts within the story-line. This book is a stand-alone - not tied by character or plot to any of the Pendergast books. More in the vein of Crichton than some of P&C's work - the story follows likable geneticist Guy Carson as he becomes entangled in what could be the last project of his career - and the last genetic project in the world. Entertaining - and scary if you consider that fact isn't too far removed from fiction.

Mount Dragon: an enigmatic research complex hidden in the desert of New Mexico. Guy Carson and Susana Cabeza de Vaca have come to Mount Dragon to work with some of the greatest scientific minds on the planet. Led by visionary genius Brent Scopes, their secret goal is a medical breakthrough that promises to bring incalculable benefits to the human race. But while Scopes believes he is leading the way to a new world order, he may in fact be opening the door to mass human extinction. And when Guy and Susana attempt to stop him they find themselves locked in a frightening battle with Scopes, his henchmen, and the apocalyptic nightmare that science has unleased.

Scared the heck out of me......

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I really enjoyed this book and would categorize it as a thriller. Though it had bits of ethics, biotechnology, and romance thrown in, it really was more about the adventure than anything else. The ethics were dealt with in the most superficial way, the biotechnology was horribly simplified and important steps were altogether eliminated, and the romance seemed forced, but the adventure ... The adventure was fabulous. This is basically a story of someone protecting the entire human race while doing amazing feats of survival, as almost every adventure story is. It turned out, to me, to be a page turned and a book that I finished in only a week.

If you happen to like adventure/thrillers and even like a hint {and I truly do mean just a hint} of science mixed up in your literature, you won't do wrong to check out this book.

Pretty good thriller about a pharmaceutical experiment gone out of control. Interesting twist regarding who/what the real villain is and good use of the New Mexico desert as the chase setting.

Really love these books. True thrillers, page turners and escape lit. One of the best without Agent P.