Extinction

by Douglas Preston

The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology. And it is terrifically dangerous. —Edward O. Wilson

Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception. —Carl Sagan

“It was early, so I read.” “What did you read?” “A novel.” “What novel?” “Bloodless by Preston and Child.” “Any good?” “So good I was worried I wouldn’t be able to get to sleep.”

And when defective sperm and egg unite, what results are fetuses with multiple lethal mutations that are not carried to term.” “Stillborn freaks?” Colcord asked. “Monsters?” “That’s a rather crude way of putting it—but yes.”