| HELIX
by J.L. Bryan
In
the 28th century, humans inhabit more than a thousand self-contained
orbital colonies in the near reaches of the solar system. Billions of
colonists follow the religious teachings of the Aescelan, priests who
promote managed evolution and control their followers' reproduction
through genetic engineering.
Nicholas Vermeer is the perfect
citizen of prosperous New Amsterdam colony: junior police officer,
devoted Temple member, soon to be a father. But when he and his wife
visit the priests to design their first child, his wife dies in a
shocking attack on the Temple, carried out by half-human monsters. His
unauthorized investigation draws him into the shadows of a brewing war
among the Aescelan priesthood, the United Nations government of Earth,
and the cyber-industrial corporate giant Triod Industries, all of them
vying for dominance of the unruly colonies.
The Aescelan priests
have secretly and illegally spawned experimental new forms of humanity,
and the creations are rebelling against their masters. Nicholas finds
among these monstrous "chimeras" the truth about his wife's death, the
priesthood's centuries-long manipulation of the human genome, and their
dark designs for the future of the human species.
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Try it in paperback.
The graphic is a brilliant
Hubble telescope image of the Helix Nebula.
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ADDITIONAL READING
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