| Robert Cavanaugh, founder of the Clone Shopping Network, notices that business has started to sag. He tries to rejuvenate his enterprise by recruiting a talented microbiologist who develops a process to speed aging and cut production time of an adult clone to three years. Only a single glitch remains—the process won't work on clones produced from the DNA of dead people. Cavanaugh sends JB Balboa, his youthful computer security expert, to a resort in the Poconos in an attempt to enlist the aid of Abraham Lincoln Sweeney, the free-spirited clone of the sixteenth president and the only living source of the test cells that Cavanaugh needs.
On a different front, Cavanaugh clones the wife of Andrew Kline, the head of the Anti-Cloning Enforcement Agency (ACEA), as part of a devious plan to assassinate his nemesis. After the attempt fails, Kline begins a relentless pursuit of Cavanaugh, and finally finds the secret cloning factory. Kline falls prey to Cavanaugh's security force, but not before he initiates a sequence of events that leads to a decisive confrontation. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book - cynical or dry-wit FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story Tech./$$$/Info hunt Yes Stealing/recovering/destroying Story involving clones/duplicates? - bad clones/duplicates Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Clones Yes Descript. of chases or violence - 20 % planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20 % Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 50 % Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10 % Main Character Identity: - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Main Adversary Identity: - Male Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an above average amount How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting Earth setting: - near future (later in 21st century) Takes place on Earth? Yes Writing Style Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references only - description of breasts How much dialogue? - significantly more dialog than descript |
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