Parasite
- Published
- 29 October 2013
- Pages
- 512
- ISBN-13
- 9780356501925
- Type
- novel
About this book
Parasite (October 2013) opens the trilogy at 512 pages, introducing Sally Mitchell, revived from a coma by her own SymboGen tapeworm implant in a way that shouldn't have been medically possible.
Key facts about Parasite
Parasite is a novel by Mira Grant. Readers have had it since 29 October 2013. It runs to 512 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Parasite. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780356501925 to find the main one.
Parasite is book 1 of 3 in the Parasitology series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. Chimera is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 24 November 2015.
Additionally, Mira Grant writes Newsflesh as a separate series. Those series sit on our horror shelf.
About Mira Grant
Mira Grant is the pen name used by American author Seanan McGuire for her horror and science fiction work, kept distinct from the urban fantasy she publishes under her own name. Writing as Grant, McGuire created the Newsflesh trilogy, beginning with Feed, a Hugo Award-nominated series set decades after a zombie pandemic has become a managed, permanent feature of society, following bloggers reporting on politics in this new reality. See every Mira Grant book in order.
Its place in Parasitology
Parasite is book 1 in the Parasitology series. It is followed by Symbiont. See the full Parasitology reading order.
In the near future, the SymboGen corporation's Intestinal Bodyguard -- a genetically engineered tapeworm implant that regulates its host's immune system and dispenses medication from inside their own gut -- has replaced most conventional medicine. Parasite opens the trilogy with Sally Mitchell, revived from a car-accident-induced coma by her own implant in a way that shouldn't have been medically possible, only to discover the implants across the country are starting to do far stranger, far more dangerous things…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780356501925