
Brain Child
David Chance has been raised in an orphanage and, now an adult, finds that he is the child of a man genetically modified before birth by a group of scientists experimenting in increasing human intelligence and creativity. But his father is dead. He pursues the search for the true nature of his father and, through it, the true nature of the experiments and the survivors of the final disaster that ended them. Chance exposes his roots and finds them entangled in horror, deceit, vengeance and perverse scientific illumination. Peace and self knowledge are achieved only at great risk and terrible cost.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Hachette UK
- Year
- 2018
- ISBN-13
- 9781473225053
- Genre
- Science FictionCrime & Thriller
- Topics
- Genetic engineeringSearch for identityFamily secrets
Awards
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(1992)
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