Jamie Metzl is author of the novels Genesis Code and The Depths of the Sea. He is a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council and has served in the US National Security Council, State Department, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as Executive Vice President of the Asia Society, and with the United Nations in Cambodia. Jamie appears frequently on national and international media, and his writing on Asia, international relations, genetics, and other topics is featured regularly in publications around the world. He holds a PhD from Oxford and a JD from Harvard Law School and is a magna cum laude graduate of Brown University.
"Eternal Sonata is a brilliant exploration of the many challenges
and opportunities our species will face as the exponential growth
of real-world technology moves us toward immortality." —Ray
Kurzweil, Inventor, Futurist, and author of The Singularity Is
Near
"Eternal Sonata is a meditation on being human in an age when
technology promises to change everything. It will pique your
curiosity in science you never thought possible, and make your
heart race with the twists and turns of a thriller. A fascinating,
joyous read." —Debora Spar, President of Barnard College and New
York Times bestselling author of Wonder Women: Sex, Power, and the
Quest for Perfection
"Jamie Metzl has written a wonderful novel that imagines a future
where real world scientific breakthroughs promise massive extension
of the human lifetime and the quest for immortality becomes deadly.
Filled with brilliant insights on science, philosophy, politics,
and human relations, it is a nail-biting thriller with a driving
plot that will grip you from the very first page." –Alan
Dershowitz, Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus, Harvard
Law School, and bestselling author of thirty-one books
"Taut, tense, and relentlessly exciting with a spine-chilling plot
spanning the globe . . . Eternal Sonata establishes Metzl as the
first great thriller writer of the genetics age.” —August Cole,
coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Ghost Fleet
“Eternal Sonata is an exhilarating, must-read thriller, set at the
combustive intersection of technology and geopolitics. Like all
great science fiction, it paints a disturbing future from entirely
plausible facts.” —Fred Kempe, New York Times best-selling author
of Berlin 1961 and President, Atlantic Council
"Social issues, cool not-so-far-in-the-future gadgets, and a
well-paced plot add up to a good read." —Kirkus Reviews
Praise for Genesis Code:
"A thrill ride through the dangerous intersection where the human
genetics revolution and aggressive big power rivalries meet."
—Richard Clarke, former White House terrorism czar and New York
Times bestselling author of Against All Enemies
"Genesis Code is both a high-octane thriller exploring what could
happen if international politics drive the human genetic revolution
and a compelling love story touching the core of what it means to
be a good old-fashioned human being. Read this book and let the
conversation about the future of our species begin." —Sanjay Gupta,
CNN chief medical correspondent and New York Times–bestselling
author
“Genesis Code is a highly original and thoroughly gripping account
of a nightmare that may yet prove all too real. I read it in one
sitting—I could not put it down. A thrilling tale written with
heart-pounding authority.” —Kati Marton, author of the New York
Times bestseller, Paris—A Love Story
"A spellbinding odyssey into our genetic future. Jamie Metzl is a
supreme storyteller who entrances his readers with deep and
surprising insights into science, politics, and the human
condition." —Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles
“An old-fashioned hard-boiled thriller . . . Metzl knows his
science, and the detail is elegantly done while the novel moves at
a nonstop pace over 41 days. Metzl provides a believable look at a
not-too-distant future where science, politics, religion, economics
and the ability to report the "truth" are all inseparably bound
together.” —Kirkus Reviews
“Metzl offers up a tense vision of the near future with this
science fiction thriller.” —Publishers Weekly
"Metzl... has a strong command of the financial, political and
bioethical questions at the heart of his fast-paced dystopian
novel." —Washington Post
"The plot is stellar and well paced. . . . The science on the DNA
enhancement research is fascinating. . . . Fans of sci-fi and
mystery will definitely enjoy Genesis Code." —Portland Book
Review
"Riveting...a real page-turner...a vivid, exciting and well-paced
thriller...with a message:...that we must all learn to use wisely
the scientific advances that our greatest geniuses uncover." —World
Policy Blog
"Absorbing . . . At a time of increasing suspicion about potential
secret interactions between governments, the ability of global
corporations to influence events and the fear that science and
technology will spin out of control and lead us into ethical
quagmires, this book provides a well-informed, thrilling read just
plausible—and somewhat scary—enough to be compelling." —Hadassah
magazine
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