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Ogden Imprint
A Medical Thriller of Science, Ethics and Survival
by Dennis Ogden
SERUM is a story of loss, hope and discovery. It is also a story of greed and retribution that could alter the course to a healthier world.
It is a book of fiction but leads the mind of the reader to real possibilities that biological research continues to uncover.
"A gripping medical thriller that asks: what price would you pay for a world without
disease?"
1999, East Timor. Marine biologist Marcus Glasson watches helplessly as an eight-year-old girl, Noi de Jesus, is abducted by a brutal militia leader. He makes a promise to find her. It takes him eighteen years to keep it.What he discovers beneath the Banda Sea changes everything.A rare sea worm produces a serum that, when administered to pregnant lab mice, grants their offspring immunity to every known disease, a permanent, heritable cure.
It is the holy grail of medicine.
When Marcus finally rescues Noi, he finds she is newly pregnant. Desperate to test his serum on a human before he dies, he sees his chance. But the father of her child is her abductor.Fleeing to Australia, Noi is alone, pregnant, and stateless. When a predator attacks her, she falls into a coma. The police dismiss her as an illegal sex worker.
The only person who believes in her is Kailee Banks, a young immigration researcher who uncovers the truth. But Marcus's estranged children want their inheritance. Noi's abductor wants his unborn child. And a global pharmaceutical cartel wants the serum for themselves.
Three forces hunt Noi. One miracle baby holds the future of humanity. And the Banda Sea will decide who survives.
Perfect for fans of A.G. Riddle's Pandemic and Michael Crichton's The Andromeda Strain,
SERUM delivers a high-stakes, fast-paced thriller about science, sacrifice, and survival.
“Ogden creates an intriguing ocean world in his engrossing latest SF novel. Eighteen years after her abduction, broken and pregnant Noi de Jesus joins the marine biologist Professor Marcus Glasson, her father’s close friend, to Yeppoon, Queensland after a daring rescue operation organized by the brilliant professor and his allies. Trying to completely erase traces of her abductor’s DNA from her unborn child’s genes, Noi undergoes an experimental procedure and becomes the target of a group of powerful people. Noi’s journey from an 8-year-old abducted child to a sex slave who’s constantly at the mercy of her abductor and a grown woman who is forced to carry weight of the world on her fragile shoulders is courageous. An intriguing storyline, informative yet upbeat scientific jargon, and a unique, beautifully imagined setting make this smoothly paced tale a pleasantly enjoyable read. Science fiction lovers looking for a lighthearted read will be pleased.”
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