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From New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant comes the second book in the terrifying Parasitology series.
The SymboGen-designed tapeworms were created to relieve humanity of disease and sickness. But the implants in the majority of the world's population began attacking their hosts, turning them into a ravenous horde.
Now those who do not appear to be afflicted are being gathered for quarantine as panic spreads, but Sal and her companions must discover how the tapeworms are taking over their hosts, what their eventual goal is, and how they can be stopped.
"A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton." —John Joseph Adams on Parasite
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"Grant extends the zombie theme of her Newsflesh trilogy to incorporate thoughtful reflections on biomedical issues that are both ominously challenging and eerily plausible. Sally is a complex, compassionate character, well suited to this exploration of trust, uncertainty, and the price of progress."
— Publishers Weekly on Parasite
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A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton.
— John Joseph Adam on Parasite -
Readers with strong stomachs will welcome this unusual take on the future.
— Kirkus Reviews on Parasite -
Fans of [the Newsflesh] series will definitely want to check this new book out. But fans of Michael Crichton-style technothrillers will be equally enthralled: as wild as Grant's premise is, the novel is firmly anchored in real-world science and technology.
— Booklist on Parasite -
It's a well-grounded medical wariness that gets at the heart of the what the Parasitology series will be asking: What happens when the cure is worse than the disease?
— NPR Books on Parasite -
An exceptionally creepy medical-horror thriller that's the perfect spine-tingling read for Halloween...[a] roller coaster ride.
— RT Book Reviews on Parasite (4 1/2 stars) -
Deft cultural touches, intriguing science, and amped-up action will delight Grant's numerous fans.
— Publishers Weekly on Deadline -
The zombie novel Robert A. Heinlein might have written.
— Sci-Fi Magazine on Feed -
A masterpiece of suspense.
— Publishers Weekly on Feed (Starred Review)
Awards
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Winner of NPR's Top 100 Killer Thrillers, 2010
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Nominated for Romantic Times' Best SF Novel of the Year, 2010
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Among shortlisted titles for The Hugo Best Novel, 2012
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Winner of John W. Campbell Award, 2010
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About the Authors
Mira Grant is the pseudonym of Seanan McGuire, winner of the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for best new writer. She is the author of the Newsflesh trilogy, the Parasitology series, and Into the Drowning Deep, among others. She has been nominated for the Hugo Award, and her book Feed was chosen as one of NPR’s 100 Killer Thrillers.
Seanan McGuire is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, Alex and Locus Award-winning Wayward Children series, the October Daye series, the InCryptid series, and other works. She also writes darker fiction as Mira Grant. She won the 2010 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and in 2013 became the first person to appear five times on the same ballot for the Hugo Award. In 2022, she managed the same feat again.
About Christine Lakin
Christine Lakin is an Earphones Award–winning narrator and acclaimed television actress, best known for her roles as Alicia “Al” Lambert on the hit family comedy Step by Step and as Joan of Arc on Showtime’s Reefer Madness.