Chromosome 6 (novel)
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| Chromosome 6 | |
| Author | Robin Cook |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Thriller, Novel |
| Publication date | 1997 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback and Hardback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-330-35183-4 |
| Preceded by | Acceptable Risk |
| Followed by | Invasion |
Chromosome 6 is a 1997 novel by famous Medical Thriller writer Robin Cook which deals with some illegal abnormal experiments of a biotech firm "GenSys" in Cogo, Equatorial Guinea.
[edit] Plot summary
Cook challenges the medical ethics of genetic manipulation and cloning. In the jungles of equatorial Africa, a biotechnology giant has taken transplant surgery and animal research to a new level. Where one mistake could bridge the evolutionary gap between man and ape--and forever change the genetic map of our existence.
Dr. Kevin Marshall worries that he has traded his ethics for a gleaming futuristic lab. Meanwhile, stateside, Dr. Jack Stapleton, a forensic pathologist, is deeply troubled by an unidentified body that is missing various parts. Jack and his colleague, Laurie, identify the corpse as that of a Mafia kingpin, and their investigation leads them to Africa. The Truth finders almost had to give their lives in order to know and escape from there.
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