Deploying Dragons
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Genetic engineer Noah Parker has at last landed the job he's long coveted: director of dragon design for the Build-A-Dragon Company. With a combination of genetic engineering and a cryptic device known as the Redwood Codex, he and his team can produce living, breathing dragons made-to-order. But sales of dragons have plummeted, and the Build-A-Dragon Company will have to find new revenue streams if it hopes to stay in business. A contract to develop dragons for the U.S. military promises a much-needed lifeline. Yet the specs are more challenging than anything Noah has ever designed. Worse, he learns that a shadow company headed by former CEO Robert Greaves has stolen the dragon-making technology to make a competing bid. Noahβs dragons will face off against those of his old adversary. Itβs a head-to-head design competition, with the ethical future of domesticated dragons hanging in the balance.
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AboutΒ Domesticating Dragons:
βKoboldt delivers a funny and immersive look at the world of genetic engineering. . . . With characteristic verve, Koboldt contrasts the playful adventure plot with eerie dystopian setting and a searing examination of corporate greed and ambition. Fans of inventive speculative fiction are sure to be pleased.β βPublishers Weekly
About Dan Koboldt:
β. . . very readable and highly enjoyable. . . . Characters that are more than the sum of their parts, a world that has so much to offer, and a story that races along apace . . . β βSFF WorldΒ onΒ The World Awakening
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Dan KoboldtΒ is the author of the Gateways to Alissia trilogy (Harper Voyager), the editor ofΒ Putting the Science in FictionΒ (Writers Digest, 2018), and the creator of the sci-fi adventure serialΒ The TriangleΒ (Serial Box, 2019). As a genetics researcher, he has coauthored more than 80 publications inΒ Nature, Science, The New England Journal of Medicine, and other scientific journals. Dan is also an avid deer hunter and outdoorsman. He lives with his wife and children in Ohio, where the deer take their revenge by eating the flowers in his backyard.
