{"product_id":"homo-derelictus-9780645228809","title":"Homo Derelictus","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): John Pether\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Breind\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Breind\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Dystopian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen children in a cluster of small villages in the north-east of England develop diseased kidneys, they are found to have an abnormal gene, previously only found in Archaea; the most primitive organisms on Earth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA rapid scramble by medical authorities, led by one of the children's fathers, cures the abnormality with a variation of the CRISPR technique and things seem to return to normal. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet soon after, multitudes of all ages and across the world, are struck down; their bodies rapidly regressing to a pre-hominid state that the scientific community labels, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHomo derelictus.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eInfected by whole Archaean organisms, the diseased seek isolation and quickly die. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe race is on to preserve what is left of \u003cem\u003eHomo sapiens\u003c\/em\u003e, a struggle that must be global in its reach and unite all of what remains of humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46417787912343,"sku":"9780645228809","price":1266.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780645228809.webp?v=1769068568","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/homo-derelictus-9780645228809","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}