Mutation

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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.

A chilling work of medical suspense, Mutation plunges readers into the shadowy intersection of genetic engineering and parental ambition. Robin Cook, the master of the medical thriller, chronicles the story of Victor Frank, a fertility specialist who secretly manipulates the genes of his own unborn son, determined to create a child of superior intelligence. What begins as an obsessive scientific triumph quickly unravels into a nightmare, as the boy—named VJ—develops at a terrifying pace, his genius masking a deeply disturbing and sociopathic inner world. Cook constructs a taut, unsettling narrative that raises profound moral questions about the ethics of genetic manipulation, the boundaries of science, and the hubris of those who dare to play God. Written with the clinical authority and page-turning momentum that made Cook a global phenomenon, this is a prescient thriller that feels as urgent and unnerving today as when it was first published.