Crisper

The greatest revolution in human history draws near. And that, supposing that it is not happening or that it has not happened already.

FACTS:

2020. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna were awarded the Nobel Prize for developing a revolutionary genetic engineering tool: CRISPR/Cas9.

Since then, the use of this tool has soared and it is possible to change the code of life in a matter of weeks (ABC, October 8th, 2020)

Emmanuelle Charpentier: "We must not use genetic engineering to create enhanced humans" (El País, October 1st, 2018)

SUMMARY:

Douglas Bradbury is a secondary education teacher who takes care of his father while he reviews his failures in life. His brightest student, Cora Hutchison, has fallen in love with him. Were it not for her fifteen years of age...
His best friend, a biology teacher called Andrew McCalister becomes involved in a dark network of biohackers seeking to delve deeper into his experiments on the human genome. His dream is to improve human beings, freeing them from their congenital diseases and offering them a longer life and better health. Something for which evolution would need millennia. Or seen from another perspective, to play God. Andrew himself is the guinea-pig of his tests. And his achievements −or so they seem, since the potential side effects still remain unknown− arouse the attention of pharmaceutical companies, the FBI, the CIA, the Russians...
Everybody wants the formula.
Whoever has it will rule the world.
He soon becomes the most wanted and pursued man ever. And his chasers are not only after him, but also after his close circle.
The only way to escape and demonstrate their innocence will be using the new technology, which will allow them to relive their lives drawing on the wisdom owned by the reborn.

After his award-winning novel La última secuencia, Enrique Vasalo has written a science-based thriller that connects with the people of our time: eager to take advantage of the technological breakthroughs that promise a better life and are just around the corner.