Parasite, Mira Grant
Parasite, Mira Grant
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Parasite

Author: Mira Grant

Narrator: Christine Lakin

Unabridged: 16 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 10/29/2013

Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant comes a vision of a decade in the future, where humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease.
 
We owe our good health to a humble parasite — a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the Intestinal Bodyguard worm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system — even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them.

But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives . . . and will do anything to get them.
 
"A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton." —John Joseph Adams
 
 
More from Mira Grant:
 
Parasitology
Parasite
Symbiont
Chimera
 
Newsflesh
Feed
Deadline
Blackout
Feedback
 
Rise

About Mira Grant

Mira Grant is the author of the New York Times bestselling Newsflesh trilogy, along with many other works of biomedical science fiction and horror. She has been nominated for the Hugo Award multiple times, and her first book, Feed, was chosen as one of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers. She lives outside Seattle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on February 26, 2019

i'm calling it now - this is the year of the tapeworm. seriously, TWO tapeworm novels in just a matter of months?? i am on a roll, boy howdy. and as cool as tapewormy horror novels are, i was going to read this no matter what it was about, because i love mira grant. greg got to this before i did, even......more

Goodreads review by Emily on March 07, 2018

Even though the ending was reeeaalllyyyyy obvious... this was a fun sci fi book to listen to. An interesting concept but a forgettable story. I'm not planning on continuing the series simply because I don't really care to see where it goes or what happens to the characters!......more

Goodreads review by Misty Marie on February 27, 2022

If you were offered the chance to prevent illness, boost your immune system — never worry about taking a pill again, would you do it? SymboGen Corporation is now offering the Intestinal Bodyguard in the distant future. A genetically engineered tapeworm custom fit to your body. Almost everyone has on......more

Goodreads review by Wendy Darling on October 20, 2013

I WILL TAKE THE PILL, MIRA. I wished the title PARASITOLOGY had stuck, though. We're big girls, we could have handled it.......more

Goodreads review by Jilly on January 02, 2018

First off.. ewwwwwww! Parasites. Tapeworms. Gross. And, dangerous. Secondly, this book is pretty boring until around page 130ish. Then, it gets really good. Sally was in a horrible car accident and was brain dead after being in a coma for ages. Luckily, the world has come up with an amazing new health......more

Quotes

"A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton."—John Joseph Adams

"Readers with strong stomachs will welcome this unusual take on the future."—Kirkus Reviews

"Fans of [the Newsflesh] series will definitely want to check this new book out. But fans of Michael Crichton-style technothrillers will be equally enthralled: as wild as Grant's premise is, the novel is firmly anchored in real-world science and technology."—Booklist

"Grant extends the zombie theme of her Newsflesh trilogy to incorporate thoughtful reflections on biomedical issues that are both ominously challenging and eerily plausible. Sally is a complex, compassionate character, well suited to this exploration of trust, uncertainty, and the price of progress."—Publishers Weekly

"It's a well-grounded medical wariness that gets at the heart of what the Parasitology series will be asking: What happens when the cure is worse than the disease?"—NPR Books

"An exceptionally creepy medical-horror thriller that's the perfect spine-tingling read for Halloween... [a] roller coaster ride."—Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Awards

  • John W. Campbell Award
  • The Hugo Best Novel
  • NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers
  • Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year
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