Status
Available
Series
Collection
Publication
Roc (2006), Edition: Complete Numbers Starting with 1, 1st Ed, 448 pages
Description
In the twenty-fourth century, nano-designed biology has turned the world into humanity's playground. And entrepreneur Lucius Sterling has created a trillion-dollar empire solving the world's problems: poverty, disease, war, and even death. But when a new technology attacks the fundamental building blocks of nano-biology, the survival of humanity is at stake.And only Sterling's estranged grandson, Jack, can stop the destruction.
User reviews
LibraryThing member menapole
Fairly descent story but at times reads like airport or beach reading material.
LibraryThing member rocalisa
The Last Mortal Man by Syne Mitchell (8/10)
SF. A bit slow to start because she needed to build up her future before she could start tearing it down, but a good story and a good start to a trilogy.
SF. A bit slow to start because she needed to build up her future before she could start tearing it down, but a good story and a good start to a trilogy.
LibraryThing member amf0001
I liked the premise of this book and I found the world building haunting and illuminating. I thought the last third of the book devolved into a sort of movie chase sequence which I didn't need, though I suppose others may have. This has some intriguing ideas about change and how quickly we adapt,
So I give it three stars.
It's the start of a series and I'm not sure I'll read the rest, because they seem to grow the chase/thriller aspect of the book. But I do think, one innocent soul against the world as we know it - who would you chose? and I have to say, I'd absolutely quarantine the innocent plague carrier and maybe even be on the side of killing her - I'm always on the side of let one day to save thousands (or in this case billions)
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and then what do those adaptations mean... And then there is the thriller aspect of the book which I found unconvincing (the villein was so obvious to me, it was cringing that the other supposed smart folk in the book couldn't see it) So I give it three stars.
It's the start of a series and I'm not sure I'll read the rest, because they seem to grow the chase/thriller aspect of the book. But I do think, one innocent soul against the world as we know it - who would you chose? and I have to say, I'd absolutely quarantine the innocent plague carrier and maybe even be on the side of killing her - I'm always on the side of let one day to save thousands (or in this case billions)
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
448 p.; 4.3 inches
ISBN
0451460944 / 9780451460943