The Experiment

East Rutherford, NJ, U.S.A.: Dutton, 1999. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. It began as an experiment.In his chilling new novel of scientific adventure, the bestselling author of Neanderthal probes the very ess ence of creation-of what makes us who we are. New York, at century's end: A mutilated body has been found, its face and fingerprintsremoved, a coin-sized circle carved into its upper thigh. On a remot e island off the Southeast coast, a young man is running from a place he cannot survive, toward a world he cannot comprehend. And in the echoing canyons of Manhattan, another young man-a journalist-i s moving closer to the truth about his own past, and to encounter that will alter everything he has ever believed about himself. For 30 years a colony with its own laws, values, and complex living sy s t ems has been growing. Covertly supplied with the latest technology and DNA materials, its leaders carefully monitor their human trials and conceal the inhabitants from the outside world. Now someo ne h as escaped. When Jude finds him cowering in the shadows of his apartment hallway, he will understand why this ragged stranger who calls himself Skyler is so frightened. They share the same face. No w J ude and Skyler are running together-bound by a new, secret science-hunted by unknown pursuers as they search for the mystery of their birth. Aided by a doctor with her own dangerous secret, the y f lee across the country, drawing nearer to a conspiracy at the very heart of America's power structure.survivors of an experiment that has gone tragically, irreversibly wrong..