Megan Egglestone

Colony of Clones (eBook, ePUB)

A Community on the Fringe

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Colony of Clones, the second book in an evocative sci-fi trilogy, explores the perilous politics bubbling up in an experimental community of human clones. Rex and Dago, cloned from iconic historical figures, grapple for control over their fledgling settlement isolated from the outside world. Brilliant outcast Ator, cloned from Galileo, challenges the colony s questionable doctrine before being banished by its authoritarian leader. The clones, copied from the bone shards of genetically superior personages, grow up ingrained with a heightened sense of superiority, entitlement and independence. But as clones based on long-dead people struggle to find identity and purpose, fissures split wide open and they find themselves navigating a world that is anything but certain. When visitor Jake is brought to the secretive colony by the increasingly paranoid Dago, he bears uneasy witness to the psychological distress catalysed by experimental human cloning devoid of ethics. Dago s own sister Mary grapples to break free from the trauma of being a clone caught out of time. Probing the devastating ramifications of playing god in a lab, Colony of Clones examines human cloning through an absorbing character-driven narrative full of intrigue, thought experiments, and moral complexity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781035854806
• Artikelnr.: 70881348

Autorenporträt

After retiring, Megan Egglestone embarked on a new journey into writing. This is her third novel, and the final instalment of a thrilling trilogy where imagination knows no bounds. The story explores the intriguing concept of being cloned and raised in a small colony established by visionary founders in Woomera, Outback Australia. What happens when someone grows up believing they could rule the world, disregarding the limits of science and letting ego reign supreme? This novel weaves together epic hero-quests and grounded realities, all set against the backdrop of a world facing climate change. As a fine art artist and dog lover she shows her art in competitions and, attends and participates in showing and breeding her Wire Haired Dachshunds. She lives in the Northern Rivers region of NSW, Australia, with her four Wire Haired Dachshunds.