Embryo [Mass Market Paperback]

Charles Wilson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 1999

In Mexico...the charred remains of a medical clinic hold a clue to an experiment that can change the world.
In Los Angeles...a famous model, desperate to have a baby of her own, sends a detective to track down a legend...and a doctor missing for twenty years
In Biloxi, Mississippi...a little boy plays with matches and smiles
In a secret location...the radical procedure begins, leading to a scientific miracle... or the beginning of a nightmare

What does the next step in hi-tech reproduction hold for humankind? In a tale as real as tomorrow's headlines, a rich, successful woman takes a desperate gamble to have a child. A young lawyer discovers a fatal flaw in an unethical experiment. And a new life begins--a life that could signal a revolution in modern medicine...Or the end of us all.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"With his taut tales and fast words, Charles Wilson will be around for a long time. I hope so." --John Grisham

"Charles Wilson is a wizard plotter." --The Los Angeles Times

"A highly entertaining, chilling story about an experiment that will no doubt soon became medical fact rather than fiction--and we can only wonder about the consequences." --William T. Branch, M.D., Professor, University of South Florida College of Medicine

Praise for Charles Wilson's Extinct:
"Eminently plausible, and highly entertaining straight through to its finale. The best work of fiction I've ever read about a sea predator."--Dean A. Dunn, Ph.D. in Oceanography and Paleontology, and former shipboard scientist for Glomar Challenger expeditions in both the Pacific and Western North Atlantic

"Meticulously researched." --Entertainment Weekly

"A better story better told than Jaws." --The Tupelo Daily Journal

"A nail-biter that those planning a seaside vacation may want to save for beach-house reading." --Publishers Weekly

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press (February 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312968248
• ISBN-13: 978-0312968243
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #667,694 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another great thriller by Charles Wilson, March 6, 1999

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Dave Hatcher ([e-mail]) (Desert Hot Springs, Ca.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Embryo (Mass Market Paperback)

This begins with a fire and seems to end with a possible fire and an all new beginning. So what's in the middle? This is a fast paced thriller that grabbed my attention and held it to the very end. Couples wanting a baby and they can't have one, so we have an out of the womb method of birth. Something is seriously wrong with the children. What is it? Does it have anything to do with being conceived and grown in an out of the womb manner? Or is it something more insidous?

Read this novel and you will not be disappointed at all. Charles Wilson has an penchant for keeping you on the edge of your seat. This is great and you will become a Wilson fan. I am looking for the sequel to this book and the movie on the Scifi channel.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars one of wilson's best, May 16, 1999

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[e-mail] "[e-mail]" (Beaumont, tx USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Embryo (Mass Market Paperback)

i thought that this book was one of wilson's best works, and certainly the best of his last four books published by st. martin's. it's great the way wilson pulls this large cast of char. and makes them all part of the story. he's really at his best when writing a suspense/thriller/mystery type story, and that is what this book is more of. hopefully we'll be seeing more of this quality of books coming from wilson.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Challenges the reader to anticipate what's next to the end!, April 9, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Embryo (Mass Market Paperback)

I am not a reader. Never did, never thought I ever will. This book changed me. Embryo is THAT good. Charles Wilson, thanks for delivering such a great product. Bravo!!