Description: This futuristic fable by French sci-fi novelist Dantec explores the frightening ramifications of genetic experimentation. In a constantly shifting world conflict circa 2013, violent-minded (though well-read) Hugo Cornelius Toorop, a 20-year Special Forces veteran of the Bosnian conflict, is offered a lucrative new job by the Siberian mafia in Kazakhstan to transport a young woman to Montreal.
Brief description:
Maurice G. Dantec has published three other novels. He is considered both one of the most loved and most hated of contemporary French authors.
Review Quotes:
"Explosive and paranoid, this futuristic fable by French sci-fi novelist Dantec explores the frightening ramifications of genetic experimentation...Riddled with acronyms and pop culture allusions, this is an intense, intellectually labyrinthine ride."
-- "Publishers Weekly"