Cognition - Softcover

St-Malo, Jacques

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0578446294 ISBN 13: 9780578446295

Publisher: Ballista Press, 2019

Synopsis

A book that combines the velocity of Robert Ludlum with the intellect of Michael Crichton. (The US Review of Books)
In a near future, the genetics of intellect are finally within reach. Research suggests how to harness brain evolution, launching a hunt for a missing link―one that would allow to design humans with skills that prodigies of old could only dream of.
The reader is thrown into the thick of unfolding events as a baby is torn from its mother and forced into hiding, to grow up unaware of the pivotal role he will play in the global pursuit for the unique traits he possesses.
As germline engineering and biological enhancement become routine, ancient doubts emerge under new guises: Who are we? Is there a purpose to life? Why is there so much suffering? When faith and science fail to answer these questions, personal greed and national interest quickly fill the void. But gene selection is expensive, and many are excluded from its benefits. The stage is set for tribalism and social discontent on a scale without precedent, and those caught in the fray, whether by choice or by chance, must play roles not always to their liking in the struggle of all creatures against the arbitrariness of existence.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

"A Chinese researcher claims that he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies--twin girls ... whose DNA he said he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life. A U.S. scientist said he took part in the work in China, but this kind of gene editing is banned in the United States because the DNA changes can pass to future generations and it risks harming other genes.Many mainstream scientists think it's too unsafe to try, and some denounced the Chinese report as human experimentation." -Associated Press, November 26, 2018

About the Author:

Jacques St-Malo holds a mathematics PhD and has done work in numerical simulations, corporate strategy, finance, and human resources. Some of the settings described in this novel are drawn from his experience in those fields.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballista Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0578446294
• ISBN 13: 9780578446295
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 342