A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease.
We owe our good health to a humble parasite - a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system - even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them.
But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives . . . and will do anything to get them.
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780356501925
Number of pages: 512
Weight: 358 g
Dimensions: 196 x 130 x 40 mm
An incredible, disturbingly plausible tale of what happens to a world where medical treatments have minds of their own - i09.com
Parasite is believable, disturbing and only the beginning . . . The disturbingly realistic plot, coupled with interspersed events of hostility from the infected, make for a suspense ridden read - SciFiNow
A creepy spine-tingler of a medical thriller - Charles Stross
The most readable, wittily written - and even charming zombie thriller in years - MORNING STAR
Interesting, morally ambiguous characters and some genuinely unexpected plot developments . . lives up to its intriguing premise - THE LIST
Existing in a unique space somewhere between medical thriller, psychological science fiction and body horror, Parasite is a properly chilling read - THE ELOQUENT PAGE
A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton - John Joseph Adams
Parasite is a thoroughly enjoyable nightmare - SUNDAY SPORT
Wow. I really enjoyed this, and if you have a look at my other reviews, I don't usually read much horror, it's something that i haven't been very drawn to. Perhaps I enjoyed this so much because... More
This is frustrating because I love the concept of Parasite, and there isn't enough 'medical sci-fi' on the market. It's because of that premise that this didn't turn into a Did Not Finish, but... More
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