The X-Files: Antibodies

The X-Files: Antibodies

by Kevin J. Anderson
The X-Files: Antibodies

The X-Files: Antibodies

by Kevin J. Anderson

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Overview

A novel based on the Emmy Award-winning television series created by Chris Carter.

When a disease-ravaged body is found in the smoldering ruins of the federally funded DyMar genetic research lab, Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully fear that a deadly, man-made plague is on the loose. As the FBI agents investigating the "X-Files" -- cases the bureau has deemed unsolvable -- Mulder and Scully pursue the truth wherever it leads, even into the labyrinthine corridors of the FBI... and beyond.

Racing to contain the lethal virus before it can spread, Mulder and Scully make a chilling discovery. Before his death, Dr. David Kennessy, a hotshot cancer researcher at DyMar, had been experimenting with a promising but highly dangerous technology: microscopic bio-machines that can cure any disease, heal any wound. In theory, this research could be a miracle cure, perhaps even a doorway to immortality. It was also the only way Dr. Kennessy could save his leukemia-stricken son.

But when a second corpse turns up, savagely mutilated from within, it's anything but theoretical. Could machines created to cure have learned to kill? Scrambling for answers, Mulder and Scully are opposed at every step by faceless enemies with all the resources of the government -- even perhaps of their own agency -- at their command. Enemies who will stop at nothing to ensure that the secret of immortality falls in the right hands -- their hands.

As sinister forces close in, Scully fights to save the life of an innocent boy while Mulder comes face to face with a crazed and desperate man. A man whose slightest touch brings agonizing death -- and perhaps a resurrection more horrible still.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780061981814
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 10/06/2009
Series: X-Files Series
Sold by: HARPERCOLLINS
Format: eBook
Pages: 288
File size: 774 KB

About the Author

About The Author

Kevin J. Anderson has published more than eighty novels, including twenty-nine national bestsellers. He has been nominated for the Nebula Award, the Bram Stoker Award, and the SFX Reader's Choice Award. His critically acclaimed original novels include Captain Nemo, Hopscotch, and Hidden Empire. He has also collaborated on numerous series novels, including Star Wars, The X-Files, and Dune. In his spare time, he also writes comic books. He lives in Wisconsin.

Interviews

Before the live bn.com chat, Kevin J. Anderson agreed to answer some of our questions.

Q:  What have you read lately that just knocked you out?

A:  Because I write so much science fiction, I tend to read outside the genre to get my inspiration. I'm just finishing James Clavell's Noble House; next up is Larry McMurtry's Zeke and Ned (his Lonesome Dove is my favorite novel of all time). In the genre, I just read Dan Simmons Endymion and reread Dune (my favorite science fiction novel).

Q:  Do you believe in extraterrestrial life? If so, friend or foe?

A:  I can't imagine that in the billions and billions of stars and galaxies there isn't something else alive out there. As to whether they are abducting middle-aged housewives in Pennsylvania, well, that's another question entirely.

Q:  Tell us about your first job and, if you can recall, what you did with the first paycheck.

A:  I worked in an experimental rat farm: I had to feed and water 40,000 white lab rats in cages each weekend in a sterile environment while listening to insipid Muzak that kept the rats calm. And people wonder why I have such a warped imagination....

Q:  Tell us about the most serene, beautiful place you have ever visited.

A:  I have seen many such beautiful places.... I think it would have to be a lake in the Grand Tetons, which I came upon at sunset, the water still, the air chill, the sky colorful, and the silence great.

Q:  What, to you, is the most important time of year?

A:  I love the fall best, colored leaves, frost on the ground in the mornings -- and Halloween, of course!

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