Jamie Metzl: 4 books

"A gifted and thoughtful writer, Metzl brings us to the frontiers of biology and technology, and reveals a world full of promise and peril." — Siddhartha Mukherjee MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene Passionate, provocative, and highly illuminating,...

It's 1979 and Morgan O'Reilly, a dispirited CIA desk officer, is desperately trying to bury his memories. Sent to Cambodia as a Marine and then as a CIA operative during the Vietnam War, he had been given the unlikely task of pulling together a secret spy unit of orphaned street children. At the end...

A leading voice on Asian affairs and genetics delivers a “stellar and well-paced” techno-thriller that “fans of sci-fi and mystery will definitely enjoy” (Portland Book Review). Blue Magic, the latest designer drug linked to a rash of overdoses, might explain the needle mark on the...

A midwestern reporter uncovers a scientist’s quest to create the fountain of youth in this gripping exploration of genetics, philosophy, and human desire. In the not-so-distant future, a renowned, elderly scientist dying of cancer disappears from a local hospice. When Kansas City Star reporter...