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Baby X
Baby X: A Thriller | Kira Peikoff
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When any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest bidder–or the craziest stalker–in this propulsive thriller. With a vivid imagining of the future, Gattaca meets Black Mirror in Kira Peikoff’s Baby X. In the near-future United States, where advanced technology can create egg or sperm from any person’s cells, celebrities face the alarming potential of meeting biological children they never conceived. Famous singer Trace Thorne is tired of being targeted by the Vault, a black market site devoted to stealing DNA. Sick of paying ransom money for his own cell matter, he hires bio-security guard Ember Ryan to ensure his biological safety. Ember will do anything she can to protect her clients. She knows all the Vault’s tricks–discarded tissues, used straws, lipstick tubes–and has prevented countless DNA thefts. Working for Thorne, her focus becomes split when she begins to fall for him, but she knows she hasn’t let anything slip–love or not, his DNA is safe. But then she and Thorne are confronted by a pregnant woman, Quinn, who claims that Thorne is the father of her baby, and all bets are off. Brilliantly plotted and terrifyingly prescient, Baby X is an unpredictable and relentless speculative thriller perfect for fans of Blake Crouch and John Marrs.
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DaniJ
Baby X: A Thriller | Kira Peikoff
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Set in the not-so-distant future, reproduction has become a billion dollar industry in which prospective parents of any mix of genders can use their DNA to create embryos and then choose the embryo that has the most desirable traits. What is starting a newly elite race of humans has also opened the door for black market DNA sales to create a baby with your favourite celebrity.
Few weak points in the plot, but a different story is always nice.

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Megabooks
Baby X: A Thriller | Kira Peikoff
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Pickpick

This #aardvark selection was a definitely a right book/right time choice. I loved it! It was just the SciFi escape I needed!

In the near future, people can create eggs and sperm from any cells, and Quinn serves as a surrogate for couples who can‘t carry a baby. She becomes convinced she‘s carrying the baby of a famous rock star, but he has hired a woman in biosecurity to make sure he never leaves a trace of cells. So whose baby is it?

tokorowilliamwallace This sounds like a cool conception to explore with story. 8mo
Christine I‘m really looking forward to this one…waiting for the audiobook to release! 8mo
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NikkiKey94
Baby X: A Thriller | Kira Peikoff
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Pickpick

I enjoyed this book so much more than I thought I would! This book grabbed me from the start and didn‘t let go until the end. I can definitely believe that these advancements in DNA could happen in the near future.

This book was told in three different perspectives with different stories and I was dying to know how it all tied together. When it all tied together my jaw dropped.

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AardvarkBookClub
Baby X: A Thriller | Kira Peikoff

In her experience, people were often like onions. The more layers you peeled back, the more they stunk.

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AardvarkBookClub
Baby X: A Thriller | Kira Peikoff
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Pickpick

When any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest bidder–or the craziest stalker–in this propulsive thriller. With a vivid imagining of the future, Gattaca meets The Ones in Kira Peikoff‘s Baby X.

#aardvarkbookclub #bookbox #jointoday