Morphed

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Pub Date Jan 25 2012 | Archive Date Sep 01 2012

Description

An exacting doctor loses his teen-aged son to body-building steroids and his wife walks out. Serving as a doping control officer in the 2012 Olympics, Dr. Speak Singleton's begins a precarious redemptive journey as he discovers the first genetically engineered super-human athlete. His coach, Dr. Simon Whitford, has come up with an undetectable muscle DNA altering substance he hopes to sell to all of us for its fountain of youth properties. He's morphed his record-shattering cyclist into a baby-boomer posterboy. Speak recruits a beautiful paramedic, a reluctant professional cyclist, and an aging pharmacologist in his struggle to expose this dangerous performance enhancement technology. The dichotomy between Speak and Whitford is astonishing-with one willing to risk everything to protect young athletes, and the other allowing nothing to block his climb to riches and power.

An exacting doctor loses his teen-aged son to body-building steroids and his wife walks out. Serving as a doping control officer in the 2012 Olympics, Dr. Speak Singleton's begins a precarious...


Advance Praise

"The dichotomy between the two medical practitioners searching for redemption-or revenge-make this narrative a worthwhile read. The 2012 Summer Olympics, educational information on steroids, fast-paced dialogue and the (other) relationships are simply icing on the cake. A thrilling, nuanced drama that packs an informational and emotional punch." -Kirkus

"The dichotomy between the two medical practitioners searching for redemption-or revenge-make this narrative a worthwhile read. The 2012 Summer Olympics, educational information on steroids...


Available Editions

EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781463660550
PRICE $9.99 (USD)
PAGES 334