Rat Race: The Rayburn Bequest: A Zoomorrow Book

Rat Race: The Rayburn Bequest: A Zoomorrow Book

Bestseller in Hard Sci Fi! Bestseller in Genetic Engineering Sci Fi! A mysterious inheritance. A life-altering discovery. One mother’s impossible choice. The sudden death of an eccentric scientist leaves Nora Binford an unusual bequest: eight cages of lab rats and a flash drive containing secret research into radically extending human life. Do nature’s ugliest rodents hold the secret to living longer? The research could revolutionize medicine, easing the ills of old age for millions and offering hope to cure Nora’s teenaged son of his rare genetic illness. Or it could unleash dangerous, irreversible changes to the human genome. Nora is no scientist—she’s a widowed mom who teaches philosophy and ethics at a beach-town community college. But now she’s caught in a storm of competing forces: demands from the scientist’s implacable family, corporate giants hungry for control, and the fierce needs of her own rebellious son. Nora must decide: is this discovery a gift to humanity, a perilous mistake ... or a Pandora’s box better left unopened? A gripping blend of science, suspense, and ethical dilemma, Rat Race: The Rayburn Bequest is perfect for fans of Upgrade , The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks , and the books of Michael Crichton. The Zoomorrow Books: Speculative fiction with a wild side. The Zoomorrow books are stand-alone novels based on real-world science and featuring authentic depictions of animal life. Evolution didn’t stop. It just got smarter.