Chimera, Mira Grant
Chimera, Mira Grant
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Chimera

Author: Mira Grant

Narrator: Christine Lakin

Unabridged: 15 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 11/24/2015

Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant comes the final book in the terrifying Parasitology series.
 
The outbreak has spread, tearing apart the foundations of society, as implanted tapeworms have turned their human hosts into a seemingly mindless mob.

Sal and her family are trapped between bad and worse, and must find a way to compromise between the two sides of their nature before the battle becomes large enough to destroy humanity, and everything that humanity has built. . . including the chimera.

The broken doors are closing. Can Sal make it home?
 
"A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton." —John Joseph Adams on Parasite
 
More from Mira Grant:
 
Parasitology
Parasite
Symbiont
Chimera
 
Newsflesh
Feed
Deadline
Blackout
Feedback
 
Rise

About Mira Grant

Mira Grant is the author of the New York Times bestselling Newsflesh trilogy, along with many other works of biomedical science fiction and horror. She has been nominated for the Hugo Award multiple times, and her first book, Feed, was chosen as one of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers. She lives outside Seattle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on August 15, 2018

Forgiveness was for people who didn't have as much to lose. this is the third part in mira grant's parasitology trilogy. but hopefully, fingers crossed, not the end of the story. not that it doesn't wrap up well - it ends in a satisfying place, but as any mira grant fan knows, there's always more to......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on December 21, 2015

Okay, there's still no zombies in this book, not that I was actually expecting any, but all those Throwbacks are such a close fit, I just had to add the descriptor. How did the trilogy end? Was it a satisfying ride? Did it fulfill all my expectations? It was okay. It didn't quite wow me like Newsflesh......more

Goodreads review by Justine on November 01, 2016

3.5 stars This is decent finish to the trilogy that ties up most of the loose ends. Overall I enjoyed the series, but it felt slightly overwritten and long in parts. Grant's skill as a writer made up for that flaw for the most part. As a whole the series was a solid 3.5 stars.......more

Goodreads review by Baal Of on December 27, 2020

I am kind of on the fence about this third volume. On the one hand I enjoyed reading it, and I did so relatively rapidly, which ought to say something positive. On the other hand, there weren't any real surprises or developments with the symbionts, that is any SF / speculative elements were largely......more

Quotes

"A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton."—John Joseph Adam on Parasite

"Readers with strong stomachs will welcome this unusual take on the future."—Kirkus Reviews on Parasite

"Fans of [the Newsflesh] series will definitely want to check this new book out. But fans of Michael Crichton-style technothrillers will be equally enthralled: as wild as Grant's premise is, the novel is firmly anchored in real-world science and technology."—Booklist on Parasite

"Grant extends the zombie theme of her Newsflesh trilogy to incorporate thoughtful reflections on biomedical issues that are both ominously challenging and eerily plausible. Sally is a complex, compassionate character, well suited to this exploration of trust, uncertainty, and the price of progress."—Publishers Weekly on Parasite

"It's a well-grounded medical wariness that gets at the heart of the what the Parasitology series will be asking: What happens when the cure is worse than the disease?"—NPR Books on Parasite

"An exceptionally creepy medical-horror thriller that's the perfect spine-tingling read for Halloween...[a] roller coaster ride."—RT Book Reviews on Parasite (4 1/2 stars)

"Deft cultural touches, intriguing science, and amped-up action will delight Grant's numerous fans."—Publishers Weekly on Deadline

"The zombie novel Robert A. Heinlein might have written."—Sci-Fi Magazine on Feed

"A masterpiece of suspense."—Publishers Weekly on Feed (Starred Review)

Awards

  • John W. Campbell Award
  • Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year
  • NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers
  • The Hugo Best Novel
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