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Muchamore, Robert, 1972 -

Killer T / Robert Muchamore. - London, England : Hot Key Books, 2018. - 460 pages; 24 cm.

Harry and Charlie are teenagers whose lives are shaped by a society that's shifting around them. He is a lonely Brit in his first term at a Las Vegas high school. She is an unlikely friend, who gets accused of mixing a batch of explosives that blew up a football player. The two of them are drawn together at a time when gene editing technology is starting to explode. With a lab in the garage anyone can beat cancer, enhance their brain to pass exams, or tweak a few genes for that year-round tan and perfect beach body. But in the wrong hands, cheap gene editing is the most deadly weapon in history. Killer T is a synthetic virus with a ninety per-cent mortality rate, and the terrorists who created it want a billion dollars before they'll release a vaccine.

ISBN: 9781471407505 1471407500 9781471407178 1471407179

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Friendship--Fiction.
Genetic engineering--Fiction.
Gene editing--Fiction.
Viruses--Fiction.
Bioterrorism--Fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92