Mount Dragon, Douglas Preston
Mount Dragon, Douglas Preston
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Mount Dragon

Author: Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

Narrator: David Colacci

Unabridged: 15 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 03/07/2008

Synopsis

Guy Carson is a brilliant scientist at GeneDyne, one of the world's foremost biochemical companies. When he is transferred to Mount Dragon, GeneDyne's high-security genetic engineering lab, his good fortune seems too good to be true. Carson soon finds that it is. He learns that GeneDyne geneticists are tinkering with a common virus with an eye on the enormous profit to be had from a cure for the flu. Their cure involves permanently altering DNA in humans, and Carson's job is to stabilize the virus. But Carson starts to wonder if this is justifiable, even for the most noble medical cause. Altering genes is a risky job, and the possibility of creating another killer virus is very real. What's more, Mount Dragon harbors another secret that puts the world at horrifying risk.

About Douglas Preston

Douglas Preston, who worked for several years in the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, is the author of the acclaimed nonfiction works Dinosaurs in the Attic and Cities of Gold, and the novel, Jennie. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

About Lincoln Child

Lincoln Child has collected and edited numerous ghost and horror story anthologies, including Dark Company and Dark Banquet. Formerly a trade editor with St. Martin’s Press in New York City, he now lives in Morristown, New Jersey.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Hunter on May 11, 2022

If I had read this book when it first came out, I would have missed out on their intriguing Pendergast series. The degree of fat shaming and misogyny is appalling. That they thought it was a good idea to pour these traits into their protagonist says a lot about the authors. The last act of the book......more

Goodreads review by Anthony on November 13, 2016

Great story - fun read. I especially love the last part, in the desert, travelling by horse... I don't want to give spoilers, but all I can say is that their experience truly seems like torture.......more

Goodreads review by Ethan’s Books on May 08, 2024

2.60 stars I’m starting to think these authors are not for me. The only book I have really liked is Relic. The rest have been a little boring and slow. I enjoyed the characters of Carson and deVaca. The last half of the book got really slow and repetitive. After a great first half, it was just disap......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on March 13, 2015

Yikes. And that second star is because I'm trying HARD to give it the benefit of the doubt. I understand that this book addressed issues that are evolving at a mind-boggling rate, and this book is two decades old. That being said, even if you look past the alarmist rhetoric and downright wonky notio......more

Goodreads review by Ariel on November 08, 2018

I was really excited for the premise of this one, since I've loved other books by these authors, and I am such a sucker for pandemic stories. But the main character was such a massive twat!! He called a woman a bitch after knowing her for two minutes because she was adamant about enforcing level 5 bi......more

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