Ninth Day of Creation

Ninth Day of Creation by Crane, Leonard. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780967571294.

The Colorado river has run dry. Water supplies are being rationed in cities across the Northern Hemisphere, and political tensions everywhere are running high... In the storytelling tradition of Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy comes a tale of international climate-induced crisis sparked by the hottest year on record. When an ecological catastrophe changes the face of Northern China only the countrys panicked leaders know the full extent of the disaster - and to ensure their survival they are going to do whatever they must to keep it that way... Fearing blame for the disasters grisly toll, the Politburo gather in secrecy inside Beijings famed Temple of Heaven - and issue instructions for the Armys top gene-technologist to initiate a startling plan of action. Across the Pacific in San Diego, Richard Kirby, a promising biochemist at Immunological Technologies prepares to announce a breakthrough in medicine. His introduction of a third strand into the double helix of Watson and Crick will unite organic chemistry with gene therapy, and ignite the imagination of millions... But when Kirby travels to Geneva to make public the news, he inadvertently sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to derail more than just Beijings carefully scripted plans for the U.S. Kirby also impedes the White Houses last-ditch strategy for dealing with Camilla Montoya - Mexicos troublesome first woman president - when he attracts the fiery leaders attention at the WHO conference. From the moment of that chance meeting, until Kirby and Montoyas eventful reunion at its biologically alarming conclusion, Ninth Day of Creation explores that rarely-glimpsed world borne of science and politics in full collision, and delivers a tale so convincingly detailed as to guarantee its unique placement among science thrillers.