Synergy
By
M. D. Benoit
Zumaya
Press continues to present exceptionally good storytellers for readers
to enjoy. M.D. Benoit is no exception. Her previous work has been
as a mystery writer of the Jack Meter Case Files.Her divergence
into science fiction has been very successful with this new book,
Synergy, a skillfully plotted mystery thriller that explores
the effects of genetic engineering in a world not too far into the
future.
The
story revolves around a researchers Torver Lockwood and Demetria
Greyson who are hired to find a cure for a deadly genetic disease
that lies dormant within a small boy. Their work is illegal but
could answer personal questions that Lockwood and Greyson have about
some unusual abilities that they possess. However,
that same cure, if in the wrong hands, could selectively turn on
or turn off genes, creating super humans or destroyinglives.
Benoit builds characters that are multidimensional
and with whom readers can establish a bond, even when those characters
aren't behaving as nobly as we would like. Her science is sound,
which is critical for this genre, and the ethical questions she
raises are already being debated in medical research circles. But,
it is Benoit's ability to put all of this into plot twisting, fast
paced thriller that has her right up there with the big boys like
Gregg Hurwitz and Michael Crichton.
Very
highly recommended.
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The
Book |
Zumaya Otherworlds |
March 15, 2007 |
Paperback |
10:
1934135135
13: 978-1934135136
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