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is a new crime for a new century. Biopiracy: the theft of the
healing secrets of isolated native peoples. Greedy drug companies
swoop down on remote third-world tribes, steal their folk medicine
and native cures, then reap tremendous profits from the patents.
Some drug companies have even begun to steal human blood . .
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Dr. Jake Scully doesn't want to think that his employer, GenChrom,
is exploiting anyone for the unique properties of their DNA,
but when he discovers what's happening deep in the Amazon rainforest,
he teams up with activist, Asahel Sullivan, to do what's right--even
if it means placing his own life, and his family, in danger.
Click here for an excerpt from "Patent to Kill."
"Patent to Kill is a fascinating medical thriller
on a par with the works of Robin Cook. Readers experience the
beauty and danger of the Amazon jungle in counterpoint to corporate
America's thirst for money. April Christofferson keeps the reader
interested by never letting up on the action but also creating
a moral hero, one who is it is easy to care about."
- Midwest Book Review
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