Böcker av Bill Ransom

A near-future thriller of deadly genetic warfare.The private laboratory known as ViraVax, deep in the Central American jungles, is known for conducting questionable genetic research outside of safety regulations and oversight. Ex-intelligence officer Rico Toledo has uncovered a horrifying truth. Viravax, run by a mysterious utopian group called the Children of Eden, wants to remake the world, and humanity itself, according to their own image.As he digs deeper, Toledo''s worst suspicions have been confirmed: his partner has been genetically programmed for assassination.And Toledo may have been altered, too . . ..

A vivid and gritty thriller in the vein of Michael Crichton and Tom Clancy, BURN takes today’s genetic research one step into a terrifying future, a “Hot Zone” world gone mad with a man-made contagion that leaves no one untouched. The plague is called GenoVax, the most frightening weapon mankind has ever created, and the death it brings is horrifying. When it is unleashed, the human race will know what it is like to burn. . . . From the author of Jaguar and ViraVax and the coauthor, with Frank Herbert, of The Jesus Incident.

All three novels in the Pandora Sequence by Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom, sequels to Frank Herbert''s Destination: Void.The Jesus Incident-A sentient Ship with godlike powers (and aspirations) delivers the last survivors of humanity to a horrific, poisonous planet, Pandora-rife with deadly Nerve-Runners, Hooded Dashers, airborne jellyfish, and intelligent kelp. Chaplain/Psychiatrist Raja Lon Flattery is brought back out of hybernation to witness Ship''s machinations as well as the schemes of human scientists manipulating the genetic structure of humanity. Book 1 in Herbert & Ransom''s Pandora Sequence.The Lazarus Effect-In The Jesus Incident Herbert and Ransom introduced Ship, an artificial intelligence that believed it was God, abandoning its unworthy human cargo on the all-sea world of Pandora. Now centuries have passed. The descendants of humanity, split into Mermen and Islanders, must reunite ... because Pandora''s original owner is returning to life!Book 2 in Herbert & Ransom''s Pandora Sequence.The Ascension Factor-Pandora''s humans have been recovering land from its raging seas at an accelerated pace since The Lazarus Effect. The great kelp of the seas, sentient but electronically manipulated by humans, buffers Pandora''s wild currents to restore land and facilitate the booming sea trade. New settlements rise overnight, but children starve in their shadows. An orbiting assembly station is near completion of Project Voidship, which is the hope of many for finding a better world.Pandora is under the fist of an ambitious clone from hibernation called The Director, who rules with a sadistic security force led by the assassin Spider Nevi. Small resistance groups, like the one led by Twisp Queets and Ben Ozette, have had little effect on his absolute power. The Director controls the transportation of foodstuffs; uprisings are punished with starvation.The resistance fighters'' main hope is Crista Galli, a woman believed by some to be the child of God. Crista pools her talents with Dwarf MacIntosh, Beatriz Tatoosh, and Rico LaPush to transcend the barriers between the different species and overthrow The Director and the sinister cabal with which he rules.Book 3 in Herbert & Ransom''s Pandora Sequence.

In dreams, anything is possible...The Jaguar controls people in two worlds through their dreams, causing madness. In the world of the Roam, he brands them like cattle and controls an army of priests to inflict cruel punishments for any type of resistance to his will.But others travel the dreamways of both worlds-Eddie Reyes and his girlfriend, Maryellen, in this world, and their counterparts, Afriqua Lee and Rafferty, in the parallel world of the Roam. They all dream the travel dreams. At times, they break the dream fabric and cross the threshold into the alternate worlds of their counterparts.As the jaguar priests close in on the Roam, Eddie must take to the dreamways to hunt down the Jaguar in his own dreams. He must destroy the Jaguar before he gains control in both worlds and destroys Eddie and his friends.This thought-provoking psychological thriller from Bill Ransom, author of Viravax and Burn, keeps you guessing until the very last page.

Science fiction novel. "Jaguar is a psychodrama with the emphasis on story and characterization, not effects. ...Ransom, best known for his collaborations with the late Frank Herbert, has written an intense and intriguing trale that will keep you riveted to the pages." --Rave Reviews