Synopses & Reviews
In the tradition of Robin Cook and Richard Preston, Alan Nayes has written an absorbing, terrifying novel about what happens when human beings have the ability to save their own lives - but only by changing the face of humanity.
Brilliant pre-med student Amoreena Daniels needs money. Desperately. Her mother is dying of cancer and her medical insurance has run out. When a seemingly perfect women's clinic offers Amoreena a generous payment for service as a surrogate mother, Amoreena thinks her prayers have been answered. But then -- much too early -- her baby begins to move.
The strange dreams, another surrogate's mysterious death, and a drug-addicted former medical intern confirm Amoreena's worst suspicions: there is something terribly wrong with her pregnancy. Amoreena embarks on a dangerous journey to uncover the truth behind the endless battery of genetic tests, sonograms, and frightened patients, only to discover that she has unwittingly become a pawn in a high-stakes game of biomedical experimentation.
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A heart-stopping page turner...brilliantly brings to life the all-too-real possibilities of genetic engineering in the wrong hands....A frighteningly good read! April Christofferson
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Gargoyles is a heart-stopping page turner that kept me on the edge of my seat. Alan Nayes combines his expertise and slick writing to brilliantly bring to life the all-too-real possibilities of genetic engineering in the wrong hands.
Gargoyles is a frighteningly good read!"-April Christofferson, author of
Buffalo Medicine"A splendid debut. A timely tale, steadily accelerating suspense . . . and a warning."--Charles Wilson, USA Today best-selling author of Deep Sleep and Extinct on Gargoyles
"The idea behind this story is first rate. Dr. Nayes shows the dark side of genetic engineering run amok, in a nightmarish biotech scenario. . . . Gargoyles is an audacious beginning for a bold new writer of medical thrillers."--David M. Shobin, New York Times bestselling author of The Provider "Slickly suspenseful . . . The mix of breezy science and lab-smock sadism makes for breathless page-turning."--Kirkus Reviews on Gargoyles
"[A] gripping, thought-provoking tale of mounting distrust, betrayal, brutality, and greed."--Booklist on Gargoyles
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A splendid debut. A timely tale, steadily accelerating suspense . . . and a warning. bestselling author of Buffalo Medicine
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First rate. An audacious beginning for a bold new writer. Charles Wilson - USA Today bestselling author of Deep Sleep and Extinct
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Slickly suspenseful . . . The mix of breezy science and lab-smock sadism makes for breathless page-turning. David M. Shobin - New York Times bestselling author of The Provider
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[A] gripping, thought provoking tale of mounting distrust, betrayal, brutality, and greed. Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
A brilliant pre-med student becomes a surrogate mother and discovers that she has unwittingly become a pawn in a high-stakes game of biomedical experimentation in this spine-tingling tale of genetic engineering gone wrong.
About the Author
Alan Nayes was born in Houston and grew up on the Texas gulf coast. After attending medical school at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, he moved to Southern California where he divides his time and energies between medicine and writing. The author of five screenplays and the critically-acclaimed biomedical thriller,
Gargoyles, he holds a U.S. Patent and trademark.
An avid outdoorsman and fitness enthusiast, he is one of only a few individuals to ever swim across Wisconsin's chilly Lake Winnebago. When not working on his next project, he enjoys relaxing and fishing at the family vacation home in Wisconsin.