Exogene

Name: Exogene
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: T. C. McCarthy
ISBN: 9781455126460

Author: T. C. McCarthy

Series: The Subterrene War #2

Narrator: Bahni Turpin

Unabridged: 11 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Published: 02/28/2012

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Exogene (n): factor or agent (as a diseaseproducing organism) from outside the organism or system. Also (slang): classified Russian program to merge protohumanoids with powered armor systems. Catherine is a soldier. Fast, strong, and lethal, she is the ultimate in military technology. Shes a monster in the body of an eighteenyearold girl. Bred by scientists, grown in vats, indoctrinated by the government, she and her sisters will win this warno matter the cost. And the costs are high. Their lifespan is short; as they age they become unstable and undergo a process called the spoiling. On their eighteenth birthday they are discharged. Lined up and shot like cattle. However, the truth is, Catherine and her sisters may not be strictly human, but theyre not animals. They can twist their genomes and indoctrinate them to follow the principles of Faith and Death, but they cant shut off the part of them that wants more than war. Catherine may have only known death, but she dreams of life, and she will get it at any cost.

About T. C. McCarthy

T. C. McCarthy earned a PhD from the University of Georgia before embarking on a career that gave him a unique perspective as a science fiction author. From his time as a patent examiner in complex biotechnology to his tenure with the CIA, he has studied and analyzed foreign militaries and weapons systems. He was at the CIA on September 11 and was still there when US forces invaded Afghanistan and Iraq.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jason

(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com]. I am the original author of this essay, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted illegally.) This is volume two of a new trilogy by T.C. McCarthy, detailing a day-after-tomorrow war in central Asia fr......more

Goodreads review by Grete

Review originally published at BookThing! Once I finished Exogene, and then had time to think about it, I spent an hour ranting at my husband about the unjust and detestable treatment of the Germline warriors. I wanted to know how the military or government could treat human beings like machines, eve......more

Goodreads review by Dale

I approach this review with some trepidation. This is a hell of a science fiction novel but to call it a sci-fi novel is to undersell it. It is a hell of a war novel, but to call it a war novel is also underselling it. It really is the story of a woman finding out what it is to love, to be loved and......more

Goodreads review by Timothy

Reading T.C.’s Subterrene War Trilogy has been an interesting and memorable experience. The first book, Germline, blew me out of the water (my five star review). I’ve never read a book like that, and loved the personal connection I had to the main character’s journey. I loved that story and T.C.’s i......more