Control Genetics

Control is a book about what geneticist Adam Rutherford calls “a defining idea of the twentieth century.” Inspired by Darwin’s ideas about evolution, eugenics arose in Victorian England as a theory for improving the British population, and quickly spread to America. With disarming wit and scientific precision, Rutherford explains why eugenics still figures prominently in the twenty-first century, despite its genocidal past. And he confronts insidious recurring questions, revealing the intellectual bankruptcy of the idea, and the scientific impossibility of its realization.

Humanity chose to suffer. The alternative was extinction. When genetic engineering nearly doomed the species, humanity made a desperate bargain: let the frontier do what nature intended. Harsh colony worlds. Brutal selection. Children dying on planets designed to test them. Two centuries later, the Mandate has kept humanity alive, but at a price no one is allowed to question. Cadet Constantine Ramsey questions it anyway. As a frontier colonist at Earth's Space Fleet Academy, Constantine keeps flinching at the hard calls, and finds himself being outperformed by the cadets who don't. Then ...

Survival of the fittest in space just became a lot more dangerous. Eleven colonies have gone dark across Federation space. Senior cadets are being deployed to a frontier that devours ships and returns only silence. Constantine Ramsey returns to a Space Fleet Academy transformed by war. He and his fellow second-years are being thrust into leadership roles for which they're not ready. The new curriculum sets aside theory for brutal new training in surviving first contact with alien predators and making terrible decisions where every choice comes with a body count. But when their latest ...

Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world about its use. Not, that is, until the spring of 2015, when biologist Jennifer Doudna called for a worldwide moratorium on the use of the new gene-editing tool CRISPR - a revolutionary new technology that she helped create - to make heritable changes in human embryos.

From the acclaimed author of the Earthseed series, a young woman harnesses the power of a viral mutation and challenges the ruthless man who controls her—at the expense of the human race. This deluxe edition includes: A new cover and package Premium French flaps and newly designed, full-color...

From the acclaimed author of the Earthseed series, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding their fates together—and changing the destiny of the human race. This deluxe edition includes: A new cover and package Premium French flaps and newly designed, full-color...

DO YOU KNOW WHO YOUR NEIGHBORS ARE? In the year 2051, the world's superpowers, locked in a deadly game of global dominance, are making their final, cataclysmic gambits. The Middle East, once a land of ancient history and diverse cultures, has now become a stronghold of unified Islamic states, with complete control over Israel. The United States, the bastion of freedom and democracy, finds itself helpless against the unyielding onslaught of technologically advanced weaponry and unparalleled terrorist attacks, launched by those who seek to undermine its very existence. But the greatest threat...

An epic, atmospheric story that begins with twenty three genetically superior orphans being groomed to become elite spies in Chicago's Pedemont Orphanage and concludes with a political assassination deep in the Amazon jungle. The Orphan Factory, a coming-of-age spy thriller novel, is book two in The Orphan Trilogy and a prequel to The Ninth Orphan. Go on another frenetic journey with the ninth-born orphan as he busts out of the clandestine orphanage he knew as home and goes on the run across America. In the late 1970's, in Chicago, Illinois, the secretive Omega Agency initiates the Pedemont...

The only thing more dangerous than losing your freedom is losing yourself. In the shadow of the dystopian Gynarchy Empire, where men are property and alien women rule with absolute authority, former Lieutenant Ethan Drake faces a destiny more profound than mere submission. Stripped of his identity and designated as E269, Ethan endures the brutal conditioning of the Institution of Male Education. His only refuge exists in dreams, where a mysterious presence offers forbidden connection and dangerous hope. As the Gynarchy faces a devastating fertility crisis and alarming collar failures ...

Oncologist and cancer gene hunter Theo Ross delivers the first authoritative go-to for people facing a genetic predisposition for cancer. This book empowers listeners to face their genetic heritage without fear and to make decisions that will keep them and their families healthy.

In this explosive conclusion to The Orphan Trilogy, the ninth-born orphan's dramatic story resumes five years after book one, The Ninth Orphan, ends. Having eluded his former masters at the Omega Agency and escaped his past life as an operative, Nine has married his soul mate, Isabelle. They've carved out a new life for themselves, off the grid, in the remote islands of French Polynesia. The contented couple have a five-year-old son, Francis, who is a chip off the old block and who has inherited his father's unique DNA. Francis will soon have a sister as Isabelle is about to give birth to a...

NOW AVAILABLE AS AN AUDIOBOOK! Flynt Redcraft knew the Foundation wasn’t offering him freedom. Just another experiment. Another weapon to be engineered. Facing a murder charge and a life behind bars, Flynt—a homeless veteran haunted by PTSD—is forced into a secret genetic enhancement program. His memories are rewritten. His pain and addictions are erased. But when he begins waking up with blood on his hands and missing days, Flynt realizes the real experiment is far more terrifying. Why can’t his bones break? Who is the woman inside his mind, whispering warnings? And what dark ...

Every sign points to a collapsing worldwide population by the end of this century. In his new book Dennis Marx uses statistical and evolutionary analysis to show… That the population explosion of the 20th century has turned into the population implosion of the 21st century That worldwide human fertility is falling Humans are currently evolving exponentially faster than at any time in the past How these new trends will effect business, politics and culture. How business and investment practices can best take advantage of these trends. By examining the demographic details across the globe, ...

Some say it's the second coming and the rapture, others are suspicious of the visitors. One thing's for sure, Earth will never be the same. S.E. Meyer combines ancient alien astronaut theory, ancient Sumerian codices, current religious beliefs from around the world and the book of Revelation in a way that tears down the veil of traditional thinking to reveal new though provoking theories on the origins of the human race and its many traditional beliefs. The Prodigal Sun will wow you with a fact filled, thrilling and intricately blended story that interweaves mythologies and religions in new...

Unleash the Terror Within! Prepare yourself for a gripping journey into the dark depths of scientific ambition with Vespula Dominus: The Master Wasp. In a sterile DOD lab shrouded in secrecy, using forbidden genetic research from the infamous Chinese experimental “slave maker wasps project”, Dr. Aris Thorne has defied nature and numerous laws to create his most dangerous masterpiece: a hornet that doesn’t just kill, it controls by inducing uncontrollable sexual arousal and submission in its victims. But as his groundbreaking research is about to take flight, a catastrophic failure ...

While modern medicine largely focuses on treating symptoms with prescription drugs, Dr. Gaynor's revolutionary approach goes straight to the most fundamental level: our DNA. Although we cannot change the genes we are born with, we can change how they are expressed over the course of our lives through foods and supplements that prevent and reverse disease. The Gene Therapy Plan presents the science behind these ideas and provides easy-to-follow meal plans and recipes to help put them into practice.

The war isn’t over, it’s just begun! In the riveting sequel, "Reckoning of Ascendancy," the global narrative initiated in "Total Control Volume One: The Infiltration" unfolds with chilling intensity. Yasin Akbar’s eugenics program casts its ominous tendrils across continents, orchestrating a symphony of deception, power, and supernatural intrigue. As the malevolent program tightens its grip, Ibn's brother emerges as a growing force of malice, heralding a reckoning on multiple sides of the divide- tussling for power, determined to get it at every cost. In the heart of the Middle East, ...

Nine-year-old Jaxon had spent his entire life in foster care. It might not have been so bad if he’d only had to endure one or two placements, but Jaxon wasn’t that fortunate. Spending more than a year in any one placement had been a rare occurrence. The carousel of placements left Jaxon battling a sense of isolation and abandonment. To make matters worse, he began to sense a vague wrongness in the foster care agency that controlled his life. The constant doctor visits and frequent rounds of vaccinations were far outside the norm. As the years passed, he also became aware of several ...

As they did with the revised edition of YOU: The Owner’s Manual, Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz have updated their classic, international bestseller on diet. This nearly three million copy seller is filled with new information on emotional eating, the latest fad diets, maintaining a healthy lifestyle...

Betrayal–Book five in the ALIEN ROADKILL series. After JB uncovers the true nature of Har-Kankar's mission on Earth, he continues his seemingly hopeless quest to stop them. But before he can do that, he has to cope with his rewired brain and survive the constant alien attempts on his life. As the FBI closes in, he finds himself in the Black Hills of North Carolina, where the aliens are staging their first attack on the small, rural community of Muntburg. To save them all, JB must use every advantage his Sawbonites—the tiny, autonomous alien tech in his body, can provide. More than ever ...