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Ancestor by Scott Sigler
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Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a heart, a liver, or a kidney. Imagine a technology that could provide those life saving organs for a nominal fee.....and imagine what a company would do to monopolize that technology.
On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, P.J. Colding leads a team of scientists who have discovered this holy grail of medicine. By reverse engineering the genomes of thousands of mammals, Colding's team has dialed back the evolutionary clock to re-create their common ancestor. The method? Illegal. The result? A computer engineered living creature --- an animal whose organs can be permanently transplanted into anyone with zero chance of rejection.
There's just one problem: these ancestors turn out not to be the docile herd animals Colding's team envisioned. Instead, Colding's work has given birth to something big, something evil.
......AND IT'S VERY, VERY HUNGRY!
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By: David Slate
One more thing to all the haters. Since all you do is pick apart the story, do you want you money back?.....oh wait, YOU DIDN'T PAY A CENT. Thank Scott for a wonderful story and move along and write you own, submit it uselessly for 9 years, and let leeches like you pick it apart when you put it out for free. Do you realize that this time around the story is tightened up and polished? Last time he posted it as he wrote it. When you do that you can't go back and hit delete. Scott, thanks for having the balls to submit the original story as you wrote it. You have true fans that appreciate your dedication.By: David Slate
Not to be too course, but, unless you are an idiot, you need to subscribe to this book. His remade book is even better than the original. This is one of his best works so far. And for the record, Scott, I love your female voices.By: podioste
Really enjoying this, thanks Scott. One thing though, please don't do female voices any more.
Chapters
| Title | Description | Date Created |
| Episode 1 (6.98 MB) | Welcome to the mind of brilliant Chinese geneticist Liu Jian Dan. It's a bit disturbing here. | Jun 27, 2010 |
| Episode 2 (22.37 MB) | Galina Porischova has a clandestine meeting with Paul Fischer. She wants to blow the whistle on Genada's research. We begin to see exactly how far Genada is willing to go to protect their profits. | Jun 27, 2010 |
| Episode 3 (23.88 MB) | President Gutierrez wants Murray Longworth to take charge of a new government agency specially designed to handle "Special Threats." However, Murray has some conditions that he needs to have met before he will accept the post. | Jun 27, 2010 |
| Episode 4 (22.65 MB) | Paul Fischer travels to Greenland to prevent a potential pandemic from escaping the Novozyme xenotransplantation research facility. | Jun 27, 2010 |
| Episode 5 (20.49 MB) | Dr. Liu Jian Dan has serious mental problems. PJ Colding must reassure and calm both her and Dante Paglione, albeit in totally different ways. | Jul 7, 2010 |
| Episode 6 (25.01 MB) | Andy "The Asshole" Crosthwaite lives up to his pseudonym. Claus Rhumkorrf, Erika Hoel, Jian and Tim Feely perform an immune response test. Bobby Valentine flies in more mammalian genome samples to Baffin Island. | Jul 11, 2010 |
| Episode 7 (23.3 MB) | Farm Girl apprises the Pagliones that Paul Fischer will be coming to shut Genada down soon. Dante convinces Magnus that he can sell their xenotransplantation concept to multiple investors, which will enable Genada to continue their research. Magnus calls Sara Purinam and tells her to get her flight crew ready. Erika Hoel is in emotional turmoil after falling in love with multiple co-workers. | Jul 19, 2010 |
| Episode 8 (22.4 MB) | Magnus Paglione's office is filled with personal items which give clues to his inner self. Tim is fed up with Rhumkorrf treating him like an idiot so he blows off some steam. Dante Paglione succeeds in refinancing Genada's efforts for the time being. | Jul 26, 2010 |