ISBN |
9781869419806 (pbk.) |
1869419804 (pbk.) |
Name |
Green, Michael, 1944 May 24- |
Uniform title |
Crucial gene |
Title |
Blood line / Michael Green. |
Cover title |
Blood line, what if your family was the last left alive? |
Bloodline |
Published |
Auckland, N.Z. : Arrow, 2008. |
Description |
384 p. ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Blood line trilogy 1. |
Notes |
Novel. |
Sequel: Blood bond. |
Cover subtitle: what if your family was the last left alive? |
"An earlier edition first published 2006 as The Crucial Gene, this edition first published 2008."--T.p. verso |
Novel. |
Cover subtitle: what if your family was the last left alive? |
"An earlier edition first published 2006 as The Crucial Gene, this edition first published 2008."--T.p. verso. |
When a pandemic strikes, members of the Chatfield family possess a crucial advantage. Guessing that their relatives on the other side of the world might also have escaped the devastating virus, and knowing that for their ultimate survival they must increase their gene pool, two members of the family's New Zealand branch embark on a perilous journey in a small yacht. The community they find on the other side of the world is a very different one, based on the rule of fear. Not only does it look impossible to take anyone back to New Zealand, but it may also be impossible for them to escape themselves. |
Summary |
When a pandemic strikes, members of the Chatfield family possess a crucial advantage. Guessing that their relatives on the other side of the world might also have escaped the devastating virus, and knowing that for their ultimate survival they must increase their gene pool, two members of the family's New Zealand branch embark on a perilous journey in a small yacht. The community they find on the other side of the world is a very different one, based on the rule of fear. Not only does it look impossible to take anyone back to New Zealand, but it may also be impossible for them to escape themselves. |
Subjects |
Epidemics -- Fiction |
Genetics -- Fiction |
Post-apocalyptic science fiction |
Epidemics |
Genetics |
Genre |
General fiction. |
Fiction. |
Science fiction. |
Apocalyptic fiction. |
New Zealand fiction 21st century. |
Added Names |
Green, Michael, 1944 May 24- Blood bond |
Series |
Green, Michael, |