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AUTHOR: Mira Grant
PUBLISHER: Orbit
LANGUAGE: English
DATE: 2013
PAGES: 504
ISBN: 9780316218955
AWARDS: Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Horror (2013)
Parasite
Parasitology #1
by Mira Grant
A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease.
We owe our good health to a humble parasite – a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm 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.
But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives…and will do anything to get them.
INCLUSION CRITERIA
A significant character (Sherman) is attracted to people of multiple genders. No labels are used on-page.
TROPES
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