Michael Crichton - Next

Is a loved one missing some body parts™ Are blondes becoming extinct™ Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species™ Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why an adult human being resembles a chimp fetus™... Read More

Is a loved one missing some body parts™ Are blondes becoming extinct™ Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species™ Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why an adult human being resembles a chimp fetus™ And should that worry us™ There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction-is it worse than the disease™ We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps; a time when it's possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars; test our spouses for genetic maladies and even frame someone for a genetic crime. We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes™ Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems, and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn. Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing th Short description