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Blood music / Greg Bear

by Greg Bear

After a geneticist injects himself with forbidden bioengineered cells, he triggers an irreversible global transformation. The resulting sentient microorganisms rapidly evolve, threatening the future of humanity through the emergence of a new biological intelligence.

Accession 9031 ISBN 009952340X Publisher —
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