Nereis, Nereis

By G. Kent Colbath and Frank Gaik


Marine biology meets genetic engineering. What could possibly go wrong? Follow Dr. Catalina Marsh and her crew from the Monterey Bay Aquarium as they race against time to discover why dead sea otters keep washing up on the beach in this character-driven, hard science fiction journey into the brave new world of epigenetics. A mysterious lab, a missing billionaire, a seedy looking journalist, ominous threats, disturbing discoveries, and, of course, a love triangle of epic proportions -- there's never a dull moment on the Central California coast!

A fourth generation Southern Californian, G. Kent Colbath loved fossils, history and literature since he was a kid. Geology seemed like a better bet than either history or English lit once he got to college, and it led to a career that included a summer fellowship at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon, summer work in private industry, post-doctoral fellowships at the Smithsonian and the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and finally to the faculty at Cerritos Community College in Southern California. Over the years he authored or co-authored more than 25 scientific papers, field guides, and symposium contributions, in addition to a number of popular articles. Through it all he never lost his love of writing poetry and fiction. It is all story telling, though obviously the rules are a bit different for reporting research findings. Now that he has retired from academia to glorious Flagstaff, Arizona, he has a lot more time to pursue his passion for fiction.

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