After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at age twenty-five and women dying at age twenty, girls are kidnapped and married off in order to repopulate the world.
Genetic engineering
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Author:DeStefano, LaurenSummary: -
Author:Ridley, JohnSummary:In the near future, superheroes are very real. But so are supervillains. When San Francisco is toasted during a superbeing clash, America has had enough. All metanormals must leave the country--or face extermination at the hands of an...
- Author:Hunt, Angela ElwellSummary:
When Laura Godfrey decides to have her dead husband's child, she sees it a God's way of giving her what they were both cheated out of when her husband died. She's willing to use every tool of modern genetic science to...
- Author:PATTERSON, JamesSummary:
Frannie O'Neill's life was turned upside down when six children blew in on the wind, and rescuing them from the school that created them took all her courage. Now the young flock wants to go back to the couple it regards as...
- Author:Cave, HollySummary:
***Shortlisted for the 2015 Mumsnet and Janklow & Nesbit novel award***ARE YOU WHO THEY SAY YOU ARE? London, 2052. There’s an ID tag embedded in the flesh of your neck. Your every move is tracked. Your genes tell the State nearly...
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Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:While on a mission to Antarctica to save the world from global warming, fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock--a band of genetically modified children who can fly--are pursued by their creator, the Uber-...
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Author:Fitzhugh, BillSummary:All Bob Dillon ever wanted was a truck with a big fiberglass bug on the roof. All he had to do was survive a half dozen assassination attempts, pull a 10 million dollar con on a Bolivian drug lord, and then fall off the face of the...
- Author:Blakemore, Megan FrazerSummary:
Five friends leave their community and embark on an adventure that will change their lives forever in this fascinating utopian saga. Mori and her friends Julia, Benji, and Theo have never seen the world beyond the walls of their utopian...
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Author:Stanton, SteveSummary:Zakariah Davis and his wife Mia are among those infected with an alien virus that vastly prolongs life, and their blood has become a black-market staple due to its rejuvenating effects. Their teenage son Rix does not carry the Eternal...
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Author:Stanton, SteveSummary:In a post-cyberpunk future, where global economic activity is carried out in a virtual-gaming realm, a new blood-transmitted virus has become a black-market staple due to its temporary rejuvenating effects, forcing infected 'Eternals'...
- Author:Dallaire, EricSummary:
In 2039, when people die owing money, the government turns them into mindless servants. Shades. These undead workers toil until their debts are settled. Without complaint, they pave roads, till fields, and build moon settlements for the...
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Author:DeStefano, LaurenSummary:After modern science turns every human into a genetic time bomb with men dying at age twenty-five and women dying at age twenty, teenaged Rhine finds hope for a brighter future from a surprising source.
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Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:After a short stay with an FBI agent who gives them a chance to attend school and live a normal life, the six genetically-altered, winged youths head toward Florida and Max's ultimate destiny--to save the world, whether she wants...
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Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:The time has come for Max,Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel to face their ultimate enemy and, despite many obstacles, try to save the world from a sinister plan to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master...
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Author:Krossing, KarenSummary:With the potential for cloning already a reality, we all have to face some major ethical questions. Who has a right to determine a person's genetic makeup? And how will we treat our genetic underclass? In Pure, fifteen-year-old Lenni is...
- Author:Smith, CheritaSummary:
Snow White meets genetic engineering in this captivating novelette that blends science fiction and fairy tale— you'll be hooked from the very first line.Like most engineered kids, Amara can't wait to turn sixteen. Sixteen means...
- Author:Feehan, ChristineSummary:
When radical terrorists take hostages in Indonesia, Captain Ezekiel Fortunes is called to lead the rescue team. Part of a classified government experiment, Zeke is a super soldier with enhanced abilities. He can see better, run faster,...
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Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:Maximum Ride and her faithful friends stand ready to face the two greatest threats that humankind has ever known--now combining forces in an unbeatable plot to destroy life as we know it once and for all. And this time, the enemy truly...
- Author:Atwood, MargaretSummary:
Months after the Waterless Flood pandemic has wiped out most of humanity, Toby and Ren have rescued their friend Amanda from the vicious Painballers. They return to the MaddAddamite cob house, which is being fortified against man and...
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Author:CRICHTON, MichaelSummary:Two paleontologists are invited for the weekend to `Jurassic Park', a theme park where scientists have managed to clone dinosaurs from prehistoric DNA. A power failure allows the monsters to escape and havoc ensues. The book that...
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