{"product_id":"ninth-day-of-creation-paperback","title":"Ninth Day of Creation - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeonard Crane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Colorado river has run dry. Water supplies are being rationed in cities across the Northern Hemisphere, and political tensions everywhere are running high...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the storytelling tradition of Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy comes a tale of international climate-induced crisis sparked by the hottest year on record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen an ecological catastrophe changes the face of Northern China only the country's panicked leaders know the full extent of the disaster - and to ensure their survival they are going to do whatever they must to keep it that way...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFearing blame for the disaster's grisly toll, the Politburo gather in secrecy inside Beijing's famed Temple of Heaven - and issue instructions for the Army's top gene-technologist to initiate a startling plan of action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the Pacific in San Diego, Richard Kirby, a promising biochemist at Immunological Technologies prepares to announce a breakthrough in medicine. His introduction of a third strand into the double helix of Watson and Crick will unite organic chemistry with gene therapy, and ignite the imagination of millions...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Kirby travels to Geneva to make public the news, he inadvertently sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to derail more than just Beijing's carefully scripted plans for the U.S. Kirby also impedes the White House's last-ditch strategy for dealing with Camilla Montoya - Mexico's troublesome first woman president - when he attracts the fiery leader's attention at the WHO conference.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the moment of that chance meeting, until Kirby and Montoya's eventful reunion at its biologically alarming conclusion, Ninth Day of Creation explores that rarely-glimpsed world borne of science and politics in full collision, and delivers a tale so convincingly detailed as to guarantee its unique placement among science thrillers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.64 x 9.05 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 20, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47411932004530,"sku":"9780967571294","price":50.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/0721a1a71b82583dc857b9f3f0245749.webp?v=1778310712","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/ninth-day-of-creation-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}