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Extinction
Kazuaki Takano
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Description for Extinction
Paperback. Previously published as GENOCIDE OF ONE, this bestselling Japanese thriller reveals the existence of a child who may be the future of the human race - or the cause of its extinction: 'tempers the sleek super-science of a Michael Crichton novel with a healthy dose of moral indignation' Financial Times. Translator(s): Gabriel, Philip. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FH; FJ; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
He is a new kind of human He may mean the end for the rest of us... One bright morning in Washington D.C., the US President learns of a terrifying new threat to national security. Soon afterwards, American mercenary Jonathan Yeager is asked to lead a team into the Congo to eliminate a mysterious enemy - a job which will help him pay for treatment for his dying son. But when they reach Africa, the threat turns out to be a three-year-old child named Akili: the next ... Read more
He is a new kind of human He may mean the end for the rest of us... One bright morning in Washington D.C., the US President learns of a terrifying new threat to national security. Soon afterwards, American mercenary Jonathan Yeager is asked to lead a team into the Congo to eliminate a mysterious enemy - a job which will help him pay for treatment for his dying son. But when they reach Africa, the threat turns out to be a three-year-old child named Akili: the next ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
356g
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444759532
SKU
V9781444759532
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Ref
99-10
About Kazuaki Takano
Kazuaki Takano studied Film Studies at Los Angeles City College and has worked for many years as a scriptwriter in Japan. Takano's debut novel, Thirteen Steps, won the 47th Edogawa Rampo Award for best mystery of the year in 2001. EXTINCTION was nominated for the Naoki Prize and won the Yamada Futaro Award, selling 340,000 copies since its publication in ... Read more
Reviews for Extinction
Richly researched, shockingly violent, and smoothly translated...tempers the sleek super-science of a Michael Crichton novel with a healthy dose of moral indignation
Financial Times
Financial Times