- Paperback: 320 pages
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson (Aug 20 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0849939380
- ISBN-13: 978-0849939389
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,976,099 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Slater Ellis is driving up a remote New Mexico canyon when he stumbles upon a naked teenage boy with a number tattooed on his forehead. Meanwhile, on Florida's Gulf Coast, thirtysomething Paige Stephens picks up her phone and overhears her husband, a genetics researcher, committing suicide. Slater and Paige eventually connect as they penetrate the mystery of the "Institute," a shadowy, quasi-military operation hidden in the New Mexico mountains. The Institute is headed by one Peter Van Klees, a genetics professor who hides behind the good works of a world relief organization to divert fetal tissue from abortion clinics to his DNA research. The feral boy, who turns out to be three identical boys, is a product of that research. When Slater learns of Paige's abduction--into the Institute's macabre maternity ward, where she is impregnated with an experimental fetus--he rescues her and destroys the Institute, but only after he's captured and tortured in a series of visceral scenes. The versatile Brouwer, author of two atypical westerns, has turned in a white-hot performance. On one level, Double Helix is much like a James Bond adventure, complete with Fleming's dour humor; readers may also be reminded of Wells' Island of Dr. Moreau. But additionally, Brouwer vivifies the moral problems DNA research poses and connects them with another red-flag issue, abortion. Word's huge print run suggests confidence in Brouwer's potential to cross over from the Christian market to the mainstream, and they may be right: with impressive control and no preachiness, he has written a scary, maniacal novel. John Mort
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Slater Ellis is in the race-against time, a hit man, and a professor who plays God in his spare time. The results are a showdown with stakes no less than the future of the human race. A prophetic novel on the dangers of genetic manipulation and cloning.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Welcome to a new Christian author of thrillers!,
This review is from: Double Helix (Hardcover)
Slater Ellis gets involved when a mysterious naked child with a number tattooed on his forehead assaults him in the desert. Paige Stephens gets involved after her husband's suicide when she begins unravelling cryptic suggestions that his company is involved with a sinister business of some kind. Their paths converge as they uncover the horrifying plans of Dr. Josef Van Klees, who operates the "Institute", a secret clinic for genetic experimentation and cloning that exploits fetal tissue from abortion clinics and refugees from third world countries. The story is fiction, but the evil behind the characters is very real, and the scientific possibilities Brouwer explores are closer to reality than speculation - making the story even more chilling. One thing is clear: Sigmund Brouwer knows how to write a suspense thriller. While there are no obviously Christian themes evident anywhere in the book (Brouwer is a Christian), this is a very clean and riveting thriller story. It equals the very best of Robin Cook and other secular thriller writers, minus the moral garbage. If Brouwer can produce more books like this, I'll welcome seeing many more of his books on my shelves! Thumbs way up! -GODLY GADFLY
5.0 out of 5 stars
Edge of your seat thriller,
By A Customer
This review is from: Double Helix (Paperback)
What begins as a mystery the plot in this book unravels an underground mad-science project using human DNA. This book can keep you up real late, page after page, just trying to figure out what's going to happen next. An excellent read if you like X-Files related material.
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3.6 out of 5 stars (14 customer reviews) 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Best read this year!,
By Marilynn Griffith - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Double Helix (Paperback)
I can't speak for those looking for ethics or sound medicine, but as a voracious reader looking for good, clean stories, this is my best find of 2003. On par with the best secular thrillers, yet showing dignity of life without a single scripture, Brouwer is a master writer and thinker. His characterization is great too. I could spot Zuwaan a mile away (and I'd be running in the other direction!)
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Novel from one of the best,
By Mark Baker - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Double Helix (Paperback)
Double Helix takes its title from the strand of DNA responsible for life. Seemingly taken right out of the headlines, this novel revolves around science experiments with DNA. Slater Ellis is driving home one night when he almost runs into a naked boy. Page Stevens hears her husband commit suicide in the guest bathroom. When both start to investigate these events, they begin to uncover a big conspiracy neither would have dreamed that reaches from New Mexico to Florida to DC to New York. But will they find out the truth and stop the plan, or will they be killed trying? Sigmund Brouwer is one of the best writers around. Here he spins a well crafted tale with believable characters. Almost no one is what they seem. An interesting devise is having each chapter represent a day. My only disappointment was the low spiritual level of the book. Having read many of his other works, I was expecting more of a spiritual aspect. This is not to say that he there wasn't a good moral. On the whole, however, I loved this book and would highly recommend it to anyone. 2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Good. Fun to read.,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Double Helix (Audio Cassette)
A very enjoyable and informative book on the social delima facing us today with the scientific advancements in Cloning.
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