Genetic Enhancement, Conspiracy... And Murder: Jamie Metzl's Latest Novel

The Leonard Lopate Show | Dec 17, 2014

Jamie Metzl talks about his futuristic new novel Genesis Code: A Thriller of the Near Future. Set in 2023 America, the United States Government has learned that China has a secret genetic enhancement program where they are breeding super babies. The Americans come to believe that if they don’t match the Chinese, America won’t be able to compete a few decades on. So they devise a plan involving a small chain of fertility clinics and begin impregnating young women with genetically enhanced embryos. 

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