Change Agent
- 416
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
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Our view
Daniel Suarez builds “Change Agent”, a gripping science fiction thriller, on a believable future of genetic editing. In 2045 Interpol agent Kenneth Durand hunts the black-market labs that alter human embryos, until an injection on a station platform starts to transform him. The world, extrapolated from present-day technology, is the draw; some readers find the story itself basic, and others feel the tone swerves in the last few chapters. The result both excites and alarms.
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About the book
New York Times bestselling author Daniel Suarez delivers an exhilarating sci-fi thriller exploring a potential future where CRISPR genetic editing allows the human species to control evolution itself. On a crowded train platform, Interpol agent Kenneth Durand feels the sting of a needle—and his transformation begins... In 2045 Kenneth Durand leads Interpol’s most effective team against genetic crime, hunting down black market labs that perform "vanity edits" on human embryos for a price. These illegal procedures augment embryos in ways that are rapidly accelerating human evolution—preying on human-trafficking victims to experiment and advance their technology. With the worlds of genetic crime and human trafficking converging, Durand and his fellow Interpol agents discover that one figure looms behind it all: Marcus Demang Wyckes, leader of a powerful and sophisticated cartel known as the Huli jing. But the Huli jing have identified Durand, too. After being forcibly dosed with a radical new change agent, Durand wakes from a coma weeks later to find he’s been genetically transformed into someone else—his most wanted suspect: Wyckes. Now a fugitive, pursued through the genetic underworld by his former colleagues and the police, Durand is determined to restore his original DNA by locating the source of the mysterious—and highly valuable—change agent. But Durand hasn’t anticipated just how difficult locating his enemy will be.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.9 across 156 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 51% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Science fiction average of 7.8. That is how 7.8 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.2 | 10 | 6% |
| Hardcover | 7.9 | 146 | 94% |
Frequently asked
How long is Change Agent?
It has 416 pages — shorter than 58% of the ranked books in Science fiction.
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