Extinction by Kazuaki Takano - ISBN: 9781444759532
Paperback
Evolved child threatens humanity: save him or destroy us all?

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  • Paperback

    512 pages

  • Release Date

    28 June 2016

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Summary

He is a new kind of human He may mean the end for the rest of us…

One bright morning in Washington D.C., the US President learns of a terrifying new threat to national security.

Soon afterwards, American mercenary Jonathan Yeager is asked to lead a team into the Congo to eliminate a mysterious enemy - a job which will help him pay for treatment for his dying son.

But when they reach Africa, the threat turns out to be a three-year-old c…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781444759532
ISBN-10:1444759531
Author:Kazuaki Takano, Philip Gabriel
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Mulholland Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Release Date:28 June 2016
Weight:360g
Dimensions:198mm x 128mm x 36mm
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Critics Review

Richly researched, shockingly violent, and smoothly translated…tempers the sleek super-science of a Michael Crichton novel with a healthy dose of moral indignation

Richly researched, shockingly violent, and smoothly translated from the original Japanese, GENOCIDE OF ONE tempers the sleek super-science of a Michael Crichton novel with a healthy dose of moral indignation - Financial Times

About The Author

Kazuaki Takano

Kazuaki Takano studied Film Studies at Los Angeles City College and has worked for many years as a scriptwriter in Japan. Takano’s debut novel, Thirteen Steps, won the 47th Edogawa Rampo Award for best mystery of the year in 2001. EXTINCTION was nominated for the Naoki Prize and won the Yamada Futaro Award, selling 340,000 copies since its publication in April 2011.

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