Biology in Science Fiction: Free Stories

Title: The Rhesus Factor

Author: Sonny Whitelaw

Length: novel

First Publication: 2005

What the Story is About: In this eco-thriller:

Marine engineer Kristin Baker advises the Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu on environmentally sustainable development projects. After meeting US Navy Commander Nicholas Page, she discovers her unwitting role in the Exodus Project, a scheme to protect the West’s interests in the face of global warming. But what neither know is that a stealth virus has quietly become a global pandemic; one that health authorities cannot stop. For this virus hasn’t emerged from an African jungle or a remote Chinese province, it’s come from within our own DNA.

You can get some background information about the science in the novel on Whitelaw’s web site (click “the rhesus factor” in the sidebar)

Alternate story download link (pdf)

Related Biology in Science Fiction blog post: Free Fiction: The Rhesus Factor

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Categories: 2000-2009 • Ecology • Microbes & Viruses • Novel • Whitelaw - Sonny