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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Island of Dr. Moreau
H.G. Wells · 155 pages
Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettable movies, this early work of H. G. Wells was greeted in 1896 by howls of protest from reviewers, who found it horrifying and blasphemous. They wanted to know more about the wondrous possibilities of science shown in his first book, The Time Machine, not its potential for misuse and terror. In The Is
The Lost World
Michael Crichton · 96 pages
Watchers
Dean Koontz · 406 pages
La vedette, si l'on peut dire, de ce roman de suspense fantastique est un chien rendu intelligent par manipulations génétiques. A la suite de son évasion, malheur à ceux et celles qui l'abritent, le protègent et l'aiment car c'est un secret d'Etat ...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Volume 1: Change is Constant
Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz
Heart of a Dog
Mikhail Bulgakov · 128 pages
A superb comic masterpiece and fierce parable of the Russian Revolution by the author of The Master and Margarita. WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOVA rich, successful Moscow professor befriends a stray dog and attempts a scientific first by transplanting into it the testicles and pituitary gland of a recently deceased man. A distinctly worryingly human animal is now on the loose, and the pr
Altar of Eden
James Rollins · 398 pages
Following the fall of Baghdad, two Iraqi boys stumble upon armed men looting the city zoo. The floodgates have been opened for the smuggling of hundreds of exotic birds, mammals, and reptiles to Western nations, but this crime hides a deeper secret. Amid a hail of bullets, a concealed underground weapons lab is ransacked—and something even more horrific is set free.Seven years later, Louisiana sta
Fang
James Patterson · 309 pages
**Fang will be the first to die.** Maximum Ride is used to to living desperately on the run from evil forces sabotaging her quest to save the world - but nothing has ever come as close to destroying her as this horrifying prophetic message. Fang is Max's best friend, her soul mate, her partner in the leadership of her flock of winged children. A life without Fang is a life unimaginable. **Bu
Ancestor
Scott Sigler · 288 pages
An isolated location, a deadly scientific experiment, people with hidden motivations and a creature nature deemed to dangerous to exist and hence wiped out thousands of years ago. A thrilling adventure ride with scientific insights and immersive writing, Ancestor is a book that you will not be able to put down if you are fan of horror, adventure and science fiction genres.
The Arctic Incident
Eoin Colfer · 304 pages
Auf geheimen Wegen gelangt Meisterverbrecher Artemis Fowl in das eisige Murmansk, wo er seinen Vater vermutet, der sich in der Gewalt einer skrupellosen Erpresserbande befinden soll. Doch Artemis hat ungewöhnliche Verbündete auf seiner Seite und natürlich auch schon einen Plan im Kopf. Einen gefährlichen Plan.
Vitro
Jessica Khoury · 356 pages
Resolving to find the mother who left her behind, Sophie enlists the help of a charter pilot to visit a remote Pacific island lab only to encounter genetically enhanced humans created in a scientific experiment who all possess a terrible flaw.
Death Sentence
Alexander Gordon Smith
After his failed attempt to escape from Furnace Penitentiary, Alex struggles to survive the bloodstained laboratories beneath where monsters are manufactured, with a death sentence--or worse--hanging over his head.
The Girl with All the Gifts
M.R. Carey · 416 pages
Melanie is a very special girl. Dr Caldwell calls her "our little genius." Every morning, Melanie waits in her cell to be collected for class. When they come for her, Sergeant keeps his gun pointing at her while two of his people strap her into the wheelchair. She thinks they don't like her. She jokes that she won't bite, but they don't laugh. Melanie loves school. She loves learning about spell
Prodigal Son
Dean Koontz, Kevin J. Anderson · 469 pages
"Detectives O'Conner and Maddison delve deeper into the mysterious life of Victor Helios, trying to uncover his ultimate goal, while members of Victor's "new race" begin to show they are not perfect has he assumed. Randall Six continues his quest to escape from Hands of Mercy, as Officer Harker descends further into madness. And Erika Helios discovers some of her husbands unfinished creations." p.
Mount Dragon
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child · 503 pages
Mount Dragon is a 1996 techno-thriller novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The action primarily follows Guy Carson and Susana Cabeza de Vaca, two researchers employed by the corporation GeneDyne and stationed at the Mount Dragon facility in New Mexico. In attempting to engineer a therapeutic hormone to prevent all forms of influenza, GeneDyne has accidentally created a frighteningly virule
Lives of the Monster Dogs
Kirsten Bakis · 291 pages
Here is a first novel like no other: a spellbinding tale that both creates its own fully realized world perspective and provides an incisive look at the ways that humans and animals resemble each other. A group of elegant monster dogs in top hats, tails, and bustle skirts become instant celebrities when they come to New York in 2008. Refugees from a town whose residents had been utterly isolated
Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse
Phil Foglio, Kaja Foglio
Invasive Procedures
Orson Scott Card, Aaron Johnston · 376 pages
George Galen is a brilliant scientist, a pioneer in gene therapy. But Galen is dangerously insane – he has created a method to alter human DNA, not just to heal diseases, but to "improve" people – make them stronger, make them able to heal more quickly, and make them compliant to his will. Frank Hartman is also a brilliant virologist, working for the government's ultra-secret bio-hazard agency.
Mary Modern
Camille DeAngelis · 350 pages
"Lucy Morrigan, a young genetic researcher, lives with her boyfriend, Gray, and an odd collection of tenants in her crumbling family mansion. Surrounded by four generations of clothes, photographs, furniture, and other remnants of past lives, Lucy and Gray s home life is strangely out of touch with the modern world -- except for Lucy s high-tech lab in the basement. Frustrated by her unsuccessful
Borne
Jeff VanderMeer · 353 pages
In a ruined city, Rachel, a scavenger, finds a small creature named "Borne" tangled in the fur of Mord, a gigantic bear made by a biotech firm. She knows her lover, Wick, is keeping secrets about working there, so she searches his stuff and finds a journal titled "Mord." What is he hiding?
The Book of Phoenix
Nnedi Okorafor · 236 pages
"Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York's Tower 7. She is an 'accelerated woman'--only two years old but with the body and mind of an adult, Phoenix's abilities far exceed those of a normal human. Still innocent and inexperienced in the ways of the world, she is content living in her room speed reading e-books, running on her treadmill, and basking in the love of
Agatha Heterodyne and the Sleeping City
Kaja Foglio · 160 pages