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Frameshift

by Robert J. Sawyer

November 1, 2005 | Trade Paperback

Geneticist Pierre Tardivel may not have long to live-he's got a fifty-fifty chance of having the gene for Huntington's disease. But if his DNA is tragic, his girlfriend's is astonishing: Molly Bond has a mutation that gives her telepathy. Both of them have attracted the interest of Pierre's boss, Dr. Burian Klimus, a senior researcher in the Human Genome Project who just might be hiding a horrific past. Avi Meyer, a dogged Nazi hunter, thinks Klimus was the monstrous "Ivan the Terrible" of the Treblinka Death Camp. As Pierre races against the ticking clock of his own DNA to make a world-changing scientific breakthrough, Avi also races against time to bring Klimus to justice before the last survivors of Treblinka pass away.

Winner of the Seiun Award-Japan's top honor in science fiction-and a finalist for the Hugo Award, Frameshift is classic Robert J. Sawyer, combining a heart-wrenching human story and cutting-edge science into a pulse-pounding thriller that "delivers the real thing with subtlety and great skill" (Toronto Star).

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Geneticist Pierre Tardivel may not have long to live-he's got a fifty-fifty chance of having the gene for Huntington's disease. But if his DNA is tragic, his girlfriend's is astonishing: Molly Bond has a mutation that gives her telepathy. Both of them have attracted the interest of Pierre's boss, Dr. Burian Klimus, a senior researcher in the Human Genome Project who just might be hiding a horrific past. Avi Meyer, a dogged Nazi hunter, thinks Klimus was the monstrous "Ivan the Terrible" of the Treblinka Death Camp. As Pierre races against the ticking clock of his own DNA to make a world-changing scientific breakthrough, Avi also races against time to bring Klimus to justice before the last survivors of Treblinka pass away.

Winner of the Seiun Award-Japan's top honor in science fiction-and a finalist for the Hugo Award, Frameshift is classic Robert J. Sawyer, combining a heart-wrenching human story and cutting-edge science into a pulse-pounding thriller that "delivers the real thing with subtlety and great skill" (Toronto Star).

About the Author

Robert J. Sawyer is the Hugo Award-winning author of Hominids, the Nebula Award-winning author of The Terminal Experiment, and the Aurora Award-winning author of FlashForward, basis for the ABC TV series. He is also the author of Calculating God, Mindscan, the WWW series-Wake, Watch and Wonder-and many other books. He was born in Ottawa and lives in Toronto.

Trade Paperback

352 Pages, 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.78 in

November 1, 2005

English


0765313162
9780765313164

From the Critics

Praise for Frameshift
"Filled to bursting with ideas, characters, and incidents."
--The New York Times

"You hardly need me to tell you to buy his latest, Frameshift. You know it''s good, you know he gets the techy bits right, and you know he''s interesting and thought-provoking."
--Analog

"Robert Sawyer''s science fiction is always ambitious, well-written, and imaginative. With each novel he keeps getting better."
--Kevin J. Anderson

"Sawyer has created a gripping medical sf thriller...Highly recommended."
--Library Journal

Praise for Robert J. Sawyer
"Can Sawyer write? Yes -- with near-Asimovian clarity, with energy and drive, with such grace that his writing becomes invisible as the story comes to life in your mind."
--Orson Scott Card

"Sawyer is just about the best science fiction writer out there these days: compelling stories, believable scenarios, science and fiction that really interact."
--Rocky Mountain News

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