{"product_id":"parasite-hardcover","title":"Parasite - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMira Grant\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Mira Grant comes a vision of a decade in the future, where humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives . . . and will do anything to get them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton.\" --John Joseph Adams\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMore from Mira Grant: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eParasitology\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eParasite\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSymbiont\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChimera\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNewsflesh\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeed\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeadline\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlackout\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFeedback\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRise\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMira Grant\u003c\/b\u003e lives in California, sleeps with a machete under her bed, and highly suggests you do the same. Mira Grant is the pseudonym of Seanan McGuire -- winner of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for best new writer. Find out more about the author at www.miragrant.com or follow her on twitter @seananmcguire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 9.4 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68286480580719,"sku":"9780316218955","price":51.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0717\/4966\/4879\/files\/8M-6t99v2B9780316218955.webp?v=1794289698","url":"https:\/\/finderbooks.com\/products\/parasite-hardcover","provider":"Finder Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}