Genetic Thrillers

A plane carrying a Russian biochemist crashes in the Alaskan wilderness with no survivors. A dying billionaire launches a final fight against death amid whispers of a now defunct military bioweapon: Project Snowcap. The world's leading CRISPR virologist, Doctor Elijah Vance, hovers on the edge of a breakthrough that will alter humanity at its most fundamental level.

Peter Valois is about to make history. A scientist on a hot project, his days consist of recording brains and sending the files into robots for "conditioning". His plan is to use the results to fix their behavior, and then use the same method with humans. Peter's been on the straight and narrow and everything is going well, until problems with his teenage son force Peter out of his comfort zone. His scheme to save his son backfires when his cutting-edge research attracts the interest of someone who will stop at nothing to get what they want.

After her dangerous adventures earlier in the year, everything is finally going well for Dr. Eva Paz. Her breakthroughs in dolphin communication are changing the world. Her discoveries could save the reef she loves. And now her mother has found love again.

Die Höhlentaucher Sam und Diego entdecken ein außerirdisches Artefakt, das sofort versucht, die Kontrolle über den Willen der Freunde zu übernehmen. Außerdem tauchen plötzlich überall auf der Welt mysteriöse Portale auf, die die Menschen in ihren Bann ziehen. Zeitgleich verschlechtert sich Sams Zustand so dramatisch, dass er sich der fremden Macht in seinem Kopf kaum noch erwehren kann. Als er nach einem Arztbesuch spurlos verschwindet, flieht Diego panisch vor seinen Verfolgern und der Furcht vor dem, was er ebenfalls zu werden droht.

Nearly 20 years after the Orestes virus swept across the earth, finally, there is hope. Women are no longer dying within seconds of giving birth. The global population is on an upward trend. As the world returns to normal, Antimone is back on the athletics track, a single race away from achieving her lifetime goal of winning the Olympic 1500-meter Wheelchair gold medal. But a deadly new threat has emerged. Could Antimone’s unique biology, once again, provide the vital clue to develop a cure? When the details of her past become exposed, ruthless forces prepare an audacious plan.

Jim Parker, a honeybee expert, has retreated to a small island in Lake Michigan with his teenage daughter after a terrible family tragedy. He longs to hide from an increasingly dangerous world. In the midst of a global bee crisis, bees everywhere are dying and the food supply teeters on the brink of collapse. Pollination now relies on powerful mega-corporations known as Beelords. But this island is not the haven Jim once thought. Someone is torching his traditional beehives, people are disappearing, and an unknown threat is lurking in the woods behind his house.

Rob lives by the maxim that there's no such thing as over. And something's certainly not over for him. An unknown, unseen enemy is stalking him, with tragic consequences for his son and ex-wife. As Rob and Mike close ranks to protect their families, they find themselves up against industrial espionage, two warring scientists, and a blood feud that won't end until somebody pays with their life. Their best hope of putting the past to rest forever could lie in the unique genetic skills of a runaway teenager.

When paleontologists Samira and Kit uncover dinosaur skeletons in northern Thailand, they also find the remains of an ancient genetic technology that nations will kill to control. Catapulted into a web of murder and intrigue involving the Chinese Ministry of State Security, a powerful Asian crime syndicate, the CIA, and a beautiful Thai princess, Samira and Kit don’t know who they can trust. Torn apart by competing factions and stranded on opposite sides of the world, they race to discover the truth before the world goes to war.

When Wesley O’Keefe first realized he didn’t age, he could’ve been hung as a witch. Now, he’s eager to be studied by a microbiologist looking for a cure to cancer. All Wesley wants is to share his miracle with the world. In the year 2042, technology has made it almost impossible for him to assume new identities, and after 300 years, he’s tired of watching loved ones wither up and die.

"Bin ich ein Mensch?" Die neue Sondereinheit Science Force ist kaum gegründet, da startet schon der erste Einsatz: Sie soll verbotenen Gen-Experimenten mit menschlichen Embryos ein Ende setzen. Der harmlos scheinende Auftrag bringt das Team in Lebensgefahr: Die Experimente sind weiter fortgeschritten als gedacht. In der Sperrzone von Tschernobyl begegnen sie Wesen, die es gar nicht geben dürfte.

Former best friends reunited as worst enemies square off in this chilling story of atonement and transformation inspired by Crichton, King, and Lovecraft. There are no clear winners in the morally corrupt landscape of Big Pharma lackeys and desperate underdog drop-outs.

In the near future, an ambitious scientific experiment brings Abraham Lincoln back to life through his genetic clone, Abram Cocklin. "Clone of Liberty: A Journey to Presidential Destiny" by Frank Villavicencio intertwines historical legacy with futuristic innovation, exploring themes of leadership, ethics, and destiny. Abram, raised by Ethan and Lena Cocklin, carries the weight of his genetic heritage while navigating a world in political and social turmoil.

Expert linguist Charlie and her team of NCIS agents are hot on the trail of the mysterious alien pods. But after a new arrival opens to reveal a young child, her investigation is thrown into chaos. Faced with terrifying questions about the true origins of their seemingly extra-terrestrial visitors, Charlie is plunged into a race against time to unscramble a mysterious text before more pods arrive.

Atlanta, GA, 2050. Dr. Avit Arceneaux lives each day with the scars of science without ethics. As a clone, his eyes, inner ear, and kidney were harvested before clone rights were even recognized. Nevertheless, Avit is a hot mess with glaring potential. A research pathologist on the Panacea Team, he investigates glitches in a vaccine that promises functional immortality.

A brilliant research scientist, William Mears, is working on his thesis to receive his doctorate from the University of Southern California. The focus of his dissertation is to discover how to repair injuries to the human body that are considered to be irreparable leveraging adult stem cells. After many failures, he comes to the conclusion that the only way to truly repair these tissues is through the use of embryonic stem cells (ESCs). But these cells can't come from just any source - they need to be ESCs from the specific individual in need of healing.

Are you who they say you are? London, 2052. An ID tag is embedded in the flesh of your neck. Your every move is tracked. Your genes tell the State nearly everything about you. Everything you were. Everything you are. Everything you will be. For Freya, Kane, and the rest of this fledgling generation, the battle to break free of their genetic horoscopes will not be without bloodshed....

As paleontologist Grant Coleman waits to board a plane for a much-needed Hawaiian vacation, thugs knock him out and kidnap him. He awakens on a cargo aircraft in flight to find he’s an unwilling member of an expedition to a secret Arctic location called Mammoth Island. Unscrupulous fossil dealer Angelo Destro has assembled the expedition to steal the fruits of a Russian oligarch’s labors. The oligarch’s scientists have resurrected extinct woolly mammoths at the island’s laboratory.

Fifteen years ago, the Orestes virus first emerged, sweeping across the globe and infecting every living person within a matter of days. Despite the best efforts of the scientific community, there is no treatment, no vaccine. It lies dormant until a woman gives birth. Then she dies. Teenage wheelchair athlete Antimone Lessing can’t remember how she got pregnant. She thinks her life is over as the doctors prepare to deliver her baby. Meanwhile, a hunt is underway to arrest the man suspected of raping her, but even if the police catch him, it will be too late for Antimone.

The perfect weapon has a mind of its own. Jarrod Hawkins, a security contractor with a troubled past, is ushered into an underground facility where a group of DARPA scientists use his body for biotechnological research. They use genetic editing, nanomachinery, neural rewriting, and next-generation armor to turn him into the most fearsome weapon on Earth. But as they push the limits of human performance and lethality, the facility begins to experience unexpected power outages. There is only one explanation - their creation has turned against them.

We join Jasmine at the brink of devastation; her life is certainly not going the way she'd like, and she intends to do something about it. A job offering at a place named only as "The Room" saves her. But as she unveils the mastery of this mysterious place, and the people who created its extraordinary abilities, is it as beautiful as she initially thinks?