{"product_id":"nova-and-rook-the-human-key","title":"Nova and Rook: The Human Key","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-section-id=\"v7tptv\" data-start=\"637\" data-end=\"665\"\u003eA Ground Truth Adventure\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"754\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"667\" data-end=\"754\"\u003eThe cure may exist. The problem is that everyone is searching for the wrong person.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"756\" data-end=\"1051\"\u003eNova Vale and Rook Mercer arrive at the TomorrowWorks festival in Rotterdam expecting to investigate fair prototype ownership. Instead, they are recruited into Project Mosaic—an urgent international programme searching for the biological clue that could help fight the fictional Vela-X pandemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1401\"\u003eAt the centre of the investigation is \u003cstrong data-start=\"1091\" data-end=\"1099\"\u003eK-17\u003c\/strong\u003e, a mysterious survivor of a deadly epidemic more than a century ago. Modern genealogy databases connect K-17 to family lines whose descendants appear to share an unusually balanced immune response. If researchers can uncover the missing connection, they may be able to develop a life-saving treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1403\" data-end=\"1443\"\u003eBut the family tree does not make sense.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1762\"\u003eK-17 appears under different names, in different countries and at dates that cannot all be true. Hospital records have vanished. Family histories have been deliberately divided. Private genetic samples are being accessed through emergency powers, while a pharmaceutical company moves to control the treatment pathway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"1764\" data-end=\"2121\"\u003eNova follows the human trail through archives, maps, photographs, changed identities and family notebooks created by people who knew that a complete record could be dangerous. Rook follows the scientific trail through contradictory DNA matches, medical data, flawed assumptions and a treatment model that may be promising—but is far from a magical antidote.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2123\" data-end=\"2427\"\u003eAs the pandemic spreads, the pressure to act becomes overwhelming. Families are identified online. False genetic tests appear. A teenager with an ill sister faces an impossible choice. Governments, laboratories and commercial interests all claim that urgency gives them the right to open one more record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2429\" data-end=\"2519\"\u003eNova and Rook must uncover what K-17 really means while confronting a far harder question:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2521\" data-end=\"2608\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2521\" data-end=\"2608\"\u003eHow much of one person’s genetic story can humanity claim in order to save another?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2610\" data-end=\"2886\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"2610\" data-end=\"2625\"\u003eThe Human Key\u003c\/em\u003e is an intelligent, fast-moving adventure combining genealogy, medicine, history, technology and mystery. It explores genetic privacy, informed consent, scientific uncertainty and the dangerous idea that one bloodline could hold the answer to humanity’s future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"2888\" data-end=\"3079\"\u003ePerfect for readers aged \u003cstrong data-start=\"2913\" data-end=\"2922\"\u003e12–16\u003c\/strong\u003e who enjoy global mysteries, science thrillers, hidden family histories, clever investigations and stories in which finding the answer is only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"3081\" data-end=\"3363\"\u003eThe novel’s scientific mystery distinguishes a treatment pathway from the public myth of a single inherited cure, while repeatedly asking who controls the records, samples and discoveries used to pursue it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp data-start=\"3365\" data-end=\"3716\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3365\" data-end=\"3376\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Eric Henry\u003cbr data-start=\"3387\" data-end=\"3390\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3390\" data-end=\"3401\"\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"3402\" data-end=\"3440\"\u003eNova \u0026amp; Rook: Ground Truth Adventures\u003c\/em\u003e — Book Three\u003cbr data-start=\"3453\" data-end=\"3456\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3456\" data-end=\"3484\"\u003eRecommended reading age:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12–16 years\u003cbr data-start=\"3496\" data-end=\"3499\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3499\" data-end=\"3510\"\u003eLength:\u003c\/strong\u003e 383 pages\u003cbr data-start=\"3520\" data-end=\"3523\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3523\" data-end=\"3532\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-0668783-3-8\u003cbr data-start=\"3550\" data-end=\"3553\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3553\" data-end=\"3567\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Questbound Studios Limited\u003cbr data-start=\"3594\" data-end=\"3597\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"3597\" data-end=\"3610\"\u003eInterior:\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrated novel with black-and-white maps and technical diagrams.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Questbound Studios Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":67592157823280,"sku":"9781066878338","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/nova-and-rook-the-human-key","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}