His novel, slatewiper, goes beyond the mundane of the medical thriller to weave a cunning blend of historical and ultramodern fact fashioned into a stunningly unique plot to turn our own chromosomes into lethal weapons with the fires of racial hatred on the triggers. Read slatewiper by lewis perdue available from rakuten kobo. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the cobra event. Molecular geneticist lara blackwood, cofounder and ceo of genintron, a bioengineering lab, is an entrepreneur who develops new disease treatments with synthetic genes made from junk dna in the human genome. His grandfather on his mothers side was a mississippi planter who owned two plantations. Lewis perdue was born in the mississippi delta in greenwood in 1949. New york times bestselling author lewis perdue has written 20 published books which have sold more than 4 million copies. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. He wrote an updated version of the book in 2002, and thats what i read.
Lewis perdue is the author of 15 books, 10 of them novels, with total sales of more than 2. Lewis perdue studied biology and biophysics at cornell university. The da vinci legacy isbn 9780765349675 pdf epub lewis. Slatewiper by lewis perdue first edition book see all titles by lewis perdue. Slatewiper ebook by lewis perdue 9781429914383 rakuten kobo. Lewis perdue alleges the popular novel has his book to thank. Lewis perdue is an entrepreneur, technologist, scientist, professor, author, publisher, journalist, and outdoorsman and new york times bestselling author of 22 published books. Explore books by lewis perdue with our selection at. Jan 10, 2019 open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Lewis perdue, author of the da vinci legacy, from the. Local northern california author lewis perdue wrote the first edition of slatewiper as an ebook in 1996.
Lewis perdue books list of books by author lewis perdue. Find thousands of lds books, movies, music and more. Slatewiper is a chilling tale, especially the parts that seem to have come true since perdues writing of it. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read mutation. We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Lewis perdue is an entrepreneur, technologist, scientist, professor, author. About lewis perdue lewis perdue is an entrepreneur, technologist, scientist, professor, author, publisher, journalist, and outdoorsman and new york times bestselling author of 22 published books lews plots grow out of a scientific education, investigative reporting of prominent crimes and felonies in congress and the white house. His nonfiction book on wine and health, the french paradox has sold more than 50,000 copies. The novels starring virus is dubbed slatewiper presumably for its ability to wipe out entire populations. New york times bestselling author lewis perdues twenty published books have sold more than 4 million copies and have been translated into every major language in the world along with more than a dozen other tongues. See all books authored by lewis perdue, including daughter of god, and the tesla bequest, and more on.
One da vinci has sold millions, the other is little known. Random house won the lawsuit but lost their demand to have perdue pay their legal fees. New york times bestselling author lewis perdue s twentyone published books have sold more than 4 million copies and have been translated into every major language in the world along with more than a dozen other tongues. In slatewiper, lewis perdue has imagined a disease whose victims are targeted by the genes they carry. He is also the new york times bestselling author of numerous fiction and nonfiction works, including daughter of god, the delphi betrayal and slatewiper. Slatewiper goes beyond the mundane of the medical thriller to weave a cunning blend of historical and ultramodern fact fashioned into a stunningly unique plot to turn your own chromosomes into lethal weapons. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.
Please provide me with your latest book news, views and details of waterstones special offers. Perdues 2000 novel daughter of god posits the deeply kept secret of a female messiah, while his 2003 thriller slatewiper looks at the malevolent side of gene therapy. The novels starring virus is dubbed slatewiper presumably for. The lurking dark side of genetic therapies, especially those to treat ethnically linked diseases such as sickle cell anemia, taysachs disease and cystic fibrosis, has gotten no public attention but could prove to be far more dangerous than the potential dangers of genetically modified foods. Slatewiper by lewis perdue book cover, description, publication history. Perfect killer, the 2005 thriller from lewis perdue. New york times bestselling author lewis perdues twentyone published books have sold more than 4 million copies and have been translated into every major language in the world along with more than a dozen other tongues. Humanitys very existence is at stake in this latest hairraiser by perdue daughter of god, a noholdsbarred biogenetic thriller. The red cross, brotish medical association and others are now warning about the sort of race weapon in slatewiper. Some of them are the intact genetic blueprints of ancient genealtering pathogens. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading slatewiper. His books include perfect killer september 2005 by forgest.
Their would have to be quite a few of them around i would think. Interview on knbrs london morning show, san francisco windows media player required new york post. At that time, no one had thought of mapping the human genome, and yet thats part of what this book is about. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. One of the true heroes in the book is akira sugawara. The da vinci legacy by lewis perdue overdrive rakuten.
Perdues plots grow out of a scientific education, investigative reporting of prominent crimes and felonies in congress and the white house. I wonder if anybody else on glp has come across this type of marketing idea from this publisher. Hired by the white house to help the investigation into a mysterious, 100% fatal disease that seems to be afflicting only koreans. The result is an entertaining if overwrought thriller that has plenty of carnage and some genetic detective work.
Martins press, the da vinci legacy, daughter of god about the sacred feminine in christianity and slatewiper a genetic engineering thriller about an ethnically targeted bioweapon. As one of the premier rare book sites on the internet, alibris has thousands of rare books, first editions, and signed books available. The lurking dark side of genetic therapies, especially those to treat ethnically linked diseases such as sickle cell anemia, taysachs disease and cystic fibrosis, has gotten no public attention but could prove to be far more dangerous than. One cause of this could have been a slatewipera lethal pestilence that nearly wiped the human slate clean. Peoples anxiety about the misuse of genetic technologies and bioterrorism provides a timely backdrop for a new novel about a virus programmed to kill koreans living in japan. Perdue s plots grow out of a scientific education, investigative reporting of prominent crimes and felonies in congress and the white house. Slatewiper ebook by lewis perdue 9781429914383 rakuten.
This acclaimed book by lewis perdue is available at in several formats for your ereader. Perdue was sued by random house in 2003 when he charged that dan browns the da vinci code plagiarized those two books. Fed by greed and notions of racial superiority, a huge global biotech corporation is about to unleash a killer gene that has rested undisturbed inside every human being for thousands of years. Slatewiper is a chilling tale, especially the parts that seem to have come true since perdue s writing of it. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library. New york times bestselling author lewis perdue s twenty published books have sold more than 4 million copies and have been translated into every major language in the world along with more than a dozen other tongues. Lewis perdue born on may 1st, 1949 in greenwood, mississippi is the author of 20 published books including daughter of god, and the da vinci legacy. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Their would have to be quite a few of them around i. Lara blackwood, founder of genintron, a company devoted to gene.
Part of slatewiper involves an ancient retrovirus, inserted in our genes by a lethal infection tens or. Lewis perdue is the author of 20 published books including daughter of god, and the da vinci. Senator who helped write the mississippi state constitution that included the jim crow segregation. Slatewiper the da vinci legacy similar authors to lewis perdue. The author is lewis perdue, mass market printing of book was 04. So i read the pdf book hot zone, then this happened. If you want to check out a new, fresh thriller writer, run with him. Bioweapons designers are developing deadly, genetically engineer.
Slatewiper was originally written in 1994 and sold as a mswordformatted ebook perhaps the firstever ebook on the web. If they mass marketed the book it would make sense to mass market the bookmark. Inexplicably, it seems as if the virus only uses koreans as its carrier. In tokyo, a particularly violent and deadly plague has broken out. Lewis perdues fascinating new book, perfect killer, is the first attempt in the popular literature to bring to the attention of the public a major problem facing modern armies, particularly, the u. He is also the bestselling author of numerous fiction and nonfiction works, including daughter of god and the delphi betrayal, perdue lives in sonoma, california. Lewis perdue is a rising and unique voice in thriller fiction. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recyclable packaging with free. Our chromosomes contain billions of socalled junk dna sequences.