Ancestor
by Scott Sigler
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Author: Scott SiglerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-01
ISBN: 1896944736
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Dragon Moon Press
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Book Review: Slickly paced & easily approachable
Summary: 5 Stars
Always eager for a new sci-fi/genetic fantasy tale, I searched all over for a less expensive version of this novel & finally found it in podcast form. It was well worth the effort.
Sigler's first novel surrounds a group of people trying to crack the genetic code & create the ancestor of all humanity, the people who want to stop them, and those who are caught in the middle of it all! As is always the case in such tales, the creation quickly becomes something that no one is able to control or predict & it's up to a few to stop these creatures from escaping & destroying life as we know it.
I completely enjoyed this book. Not only were the characters intriguing, but the science was both stunning & approachable. Sigler seemed to go out of his way to try to explain the details of what was going on without turning into a textbook, which he succeeded with. That's not to say that there weren't a few rough patches, but those were rather few & far between. The one thing the book suffered from mostly was redundancy in some character descriptions, such as in the characters Jian & Magnus (how often do we need their size & weight described?). Overall though, this is an exemplary first novel for any beginning author!
4.9/5
Summary of Ancestor
Ancestor is the world's most-popular "podcast novel." A serialized audiobook delivered in 20 weekly episodes, Ancestor's first run played to an audience of more than 30,000 die-hard fans in 31 countries. All told, fans have downloaded more than 700,000 episodes of Ancestor. En route to a rousing final episode, Ancestor was the #1 literary podcast on iTunes and every other podcast index, including Morpheus, FeedBurner, Podiobooks.com and Podcast Alley. The book's popularity caught the attention of the broadcast world, and was the first audiobook broadcast on Sirius Satellite to the company's 4.3 million subscribers. ANCESTOR On a remote island in Lake Superior, scientists struggle to solve the problem of xenotransplantation -- using animal tissue to replace failing human organs. Funded by the biotech firm Genada, Dr. Claus Rhumkorrf seeks to recreate the ancestor of all mammals. By getting back to the root of our creation, Rhumkorrf hopes to create an animal with human internal organs. Rhumkorrf discovers the ancestor, but it is not the small, harmless creature he envisions. His genius gives birth to a fast-growing evil that nature eradicated 250 million years ago -- an evil now on the loose, and very, very hungry.General Books
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