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Helix – Sie werden uns ersetzen

Marc Elsberg

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Premise labels used: genetic engineering, genetic modification, designer babies, biotechnology, bioterrorism, global conspiracy, gene editing, human enhancement, bioethics

Setting labels used: global setting, Munich, Brazil, Tanzania, India, California, White House, research clinic, biotech labs

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Michael Crichton · 2006

A biotech thriller weaving together genetic experiments, patent fights, and transgenic animals in a near-present world.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · gene patenting · biotech ethics · corporate science · legal conflict · transgenic animals · genetic research · bioethics

Setting labels: contemporary · near future · present-day science · biotech industry · laboratory setting · legal setting · corporate setting · urban setting · global · sci-fi realism

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Mutation

Robin Cook · 1998

A fertility doctor secretly engineers a genius child, then watches his experiment grow into a terrifying threat.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · designer baby · perfect child · superintelligence · bioethical experiment · playing god · child prodigy · genetic tampering · surrogate pregnancy · science vs ethics

Setting labels: medical setting · laboratory setting · hospital setting · fertility clinic · biotech research · late 20th century · contemporary to publication · scientific realism

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Season Of The Harvest

Michael R. Hicks · 2011 · Harvest Trilogy

An FBI agent hunts a brutal killer and uncovers a GM-crop conspiracy that may hide an alien threat to humanity.

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Premise labels: genetic conspiracy · GMOs · alien takeover · eco-terrorism · FBI investigation · biotech threat · government conspiracy · apocalyptic threat · corporate conspiracy

Setting labels: contemporary setting · global setting · United States · California · Washington DC · Norway · research lab · seed vault · FBI milieu · government milieu · corporate milieu · military milieu

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Perfect People

Peter James · 2011

A grieving couple turns to designer-baby science to avoid another genetic tragedy, only to face terrifying consequences.

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Premise labels: designer babies · genetic engineering · hereditary disease · grieving parents · ethical dilemma · scientific experiment · eugenics

Setting labels: contemporary · offshore clinic · international waters · secret facility · island hideout · medical research setting

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Change Agent

Daniel Suarez · 2017

In 2045, an Interpol agent hunting illegal gene editors is transformed into the criminal kingpin he’s chasing.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · gene editing · identity theft · body swap · fugitive on the run · illegal labs · black market biotech · biocrime · human enhancement

Setting labels: near future · 2045 · Southeast Asia · Singapore · Thailand · Myanmar · Asian biotech hub · dystopian future · globalized future

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Ancestor

Scott Sigler · 2010

A biotech experiment to solve organ shortages unleashes deadly genetic predators on an isolated island.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · xenotransplantation · organ transplant · scientific experiment · monster creation · science gone wrong · lab disaster · nature unleashed · human hubris · bioethics

Setting labels: remote island · Lake Superior · Canadian Arctic · isolated facility · winter setting · biotech lab · research station · wilderness setting · contained setting · off-grid

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Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports

James Patterson · 2007 · Maximum Ride

A snarky winged teen and her flock race to stop a corporation’s plan to remake humanity and cut the population in half.

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Premise labels: genetically engineered teens · bird-human hybrids · on the run · save the world · evil corporation · mad scientists · master race plot · population cull · family survival · fugitive team

Setting labels: contemporary setting · global travel · United States · Europe · Germany · Hawaii · Los Angeles · school lab setting · corporate headquarters · modern times

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Eve & Adam

Michael Grant, Katherine Applegate · 2012 · Eve & Adam

After a brutal accident, a teen is trapped in her mother’s biotech world and asked to design the perfect boy.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · perfect partner · created person · biotech company · playing God · medical recovery · simulation project

Setting labels: contemporary setting · modern day · research facility · biotech lab · medical setting · high-tech company

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Darwin's Radio

Greg Bear · 1999 · Darwin's Radio

A scientist and a virus hunter race to explain a bizarre reproductive outbreak that may signal a new stage of human evolution.

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Premise labels: virus outbreak · evolutionary leap · human speciation · genetic activation · public health crisis · scientific mystery · pregnancy anomaly · genome awakening

Setting labels: contemporary world · global · Republic of Georgia · the Alps · government institutions · scientific labs

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Wrath

Shäron Moalem, Daniel Kraus · 2022

A near-future biotech experiment creates a sapient rat whose escape triggers a violent reckoning for humans.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · animal experimentation · uplifted animal · lab escape · animal revolt · near-future biotech

Setting labels: near future · laboratory setting · urban setting · New York City · biotech startup · dystopian future

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Blood Music

Greg Bear · 1985

A biotech researcher’s forbidden experiment creates sentient cells that transform his body and then humanity.

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Premise labels: scientific experiment · unauthorized research · intelligent cells · self-experimentation · internal invasion · accidental outbreak · biotech hubris · microbial intelligence

Setting labels: biotechnology lab · modern-day America · North America · urban collapse · post-disaster landscape · lab-to-world scale

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Mount Dragon

Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child · 2005

A secret desert lab’s attempt to engineer a flu cure spirals into a deadly biosecurity crisis and survival chase.

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Premise labels: genetic engineering · biotechnology · virus outbreak · pandemic threat · secret lab · medical breakthrough · corporate conspiracy · human enhancement · bioweapon risk · scientific ethics · desert facility · remote research station

Setting labels: New Mexico · desert setting · remote research facility · high-security lab · psychiatric hospital · corporate headquarters · biohazard lab · Level 5 lab · isolated workplace · near nuclear test site · contemporary setting · mid-90s setting

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