This Mortal Coil
This Mortal Coil by Emily Suvada, published by Simon and Schuster on September 25, 2018, is a reprint edition comprising 448 pages in English. The novel follows seventeen-year-old Catarina Agatta, a skilled hacker who must utilize her gene-hacking abilities to decode a message from her late father, a renowned geneticist. As a devastating plague threatens humanity, Cat navigates a world where technology allows people to alter their DNA, all while grappling with the implications of her father’s legacy and the secrets surrounding his disappearance.
Readers will find a narrative rich in action and suspense as Cat confronts the shadowy organization Cartaxus and the complexities of trust in a perilous environment. The story delves into themes of family, survival, and the ethical dilemmas of genetic manipulation. With elements of science fiction and young adult fiction, This Mortal Coil presents a gripping exploration of resilience and the fight against a catastrophic illness, inviting readers to consider the boundaries of science and humanity.
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“Redefines ‘unputdownable.’” —Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of Illuminae
“I was thrilled. I was shocked.” —NPR
“Stunning twists and turns.” —BCCB (starred review)
In this gripping debut novel, seventeen-year-old Cat must use her gene-hacking skills to decode her late father’s message concealing a vaccine to a horrifying plague.
Catarina Agatta is a hacker. She can cripple mainframes and crash through firewalls, but that’s not what makes her special. In Cat’s world, people are implanted with technology to recode their DNA, allowing them to change their bodies in any way they want. And Cat happens to be a gene-hacking genius.
That’s no surprise, since Cat’s father is Dr. Lachlan Agatta, a legendary geneticist who may be the last hope for defeating a plague that has brought humanity to the brink of extinction. But during the outbreak, Lachlan was kidnapped by a shadowy organization called Cartaxus, leaving Cat to survive the last two years on her own.
When a Cartaxus soldier, Cole, arrives with news that her father has been killed, Cat’s instincts tell her it’s just another Cartaxus lie. But Cole also brings a message: before Lachlan died, he managed to create a vaccine, and Cole needs Cat’s help to release it and save the human race.
Now Cat must decide who she can trust: The soldier with secrets of his own? The father who made her promise to hide from Cartaxus at all costs? In a world where nature itself can be rewritten, how much can she even trust herself?
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