Parasitology · Book 2
Symbiont
- Published
- 25 November 2014
- Pages
- 518
- ISBN-13
- 9780316218993
- Type
- novel
About this book
At 518 pages, Symbiont (November 2014) is the longest of the three books, arriving almost exactly a year after Parasite as the implants' strange behavior escalates.
Its place in Parasitology
Symbiont is book 2 in the Parasitology series. It follows Parasite. It is followed by Chimera. 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 9780316218993