Extinction: A Novel (Cash & Colcord, 1)
With Extinction, #1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Preston has written a page-turning thriller in the Michael Crichton mode that explores the possible and unintended dangers of the very real efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth and other long-extinct animals.
Erebus Resort, occupying a magnificent, hundred-thousand acre valley deep in the Colorado Rockies, offers guests the experience of viewing woolly mammoths, Irish Elk, and giant ground sloths in their native habitat, brought back from extinction through the magic of genetic manipulation. When a billionaire's son and his new wife are kidnapped and murdered in the Erebus back country by what is assumed to be a gang of eco-terrorists, Colorado Bureau of Investigation Agent Frances Cash partners with county sheriff James Colcord to track down the perpetrators.
As killings mount and the valley is evacuated, Cash and Colcord must confront an ancient, intelligent, and malevolent presence at Erebus, bent not on resurrection—but extinction.
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In this thrilling story, we are primarily follows Colorado Bureau of Investigations Agent in Charge Frances Cash. She is investigating the disappearance of a pair of newlyweds. They disappeared from their camp site, where they were on a personally guided trip into the Erebus Resort in the Colorado Rockies. Here, scientists have “de-extincted” six mammals from the Ice Age.
But there is more going on than meets the eye. DNA manipulation and recreation of long extinct species is the theme of this book. Woolly mammoths, giant anteaters and something else that seems so insane but not once you finish this book. It’s a frightening idea.
I thought Extinction was well researched and very well written, this is story of what happens when money and science unite in an attempt to play God. I kept thinking that “this couldn’t happen”, then Preston brought it to life. I really enjoyed this book, and gave it a 4/5 stars.
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