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SCI-FI A nail-biting thriller that will keep you glued to the pages. PRERNA S. KHATRI

Title: Perfect People

Author: Peter James

Publisher: Macmillan

Price: £ 13.99

What if you could control the genes of your child? What if you could determine the height, weight, the number of hours they sleep, quotient of compassion even before they take form? What if you had a wide range of options to design your baby? What would you select to make a perfect child?

Drastic decision

Dr. John and Naomi Klaesson lost their first child, Halley, due to a rare genetic disease. They desperately want another child but the chances of it contracting the disease are high because both John and Naomi carry defective genes. Their desperation leads them to Dr. Dettore, lures them into creating or rather designing babies with genes of their choice. He can spare them the heartache of losing another child to any disease. The couple spend their lifetime’s savings on this package just to realise that there is something wrong. And when realisation hits them, there is no Dr. Dettore to question. The cycle of dangerous events begins.

Twists and turns

This is a nail-biting thriller and will not let you put down the book until the last page. Cleverly written book and worth a read.

Prerna is a III Year student at SSL, Chennai.

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