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When any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest bidder–or the craziest stalker–in this propulsive thriller.. With a vivid imagining of the future, Gattaca meets Black Mirror in Kira Peikoff’s Baby X.. In the near-future United States, where advanced technology can create…

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In the near future, scientists have figured out how to create eggs and sperm from any bodily cell. Now there’s an illegal market devoted to stealing celebrities’ DNA so fans can have their babies.

This imaginative premise piqued my interest, and a series of well-paced plot developments kept me turning pages. The perspective shifts smoothly among three protagonists, allowing readers to explore this intriguing scenario from multiple perspectives. The science and technology advancements seem scarily plausible, and the story sizzles with twists and turns I never saw coming. The ending is one of the most satisfying I’ve ever read, a…

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