The DNA Man — Robert Brown

The story opens in a small Scottish university town. Dr. Harold Spencer is arguing with his wife Shelly. She wants a child. He does not. Harold's father and then his brother died of Cystic Fibrosis. He did not want an abbreviated, unhappy life for his child. He would not have children unless they could be healthy. His research was progressing. He promised they would not wait too long. Harold was deep into a bold experiment, injecting foreign DNA into a host animal, doubling the viable DNA. Other researchers methodically investigated specific genes and attempted gene cloning and splicing. His approach promised miracles. So far, however, he had managed only to kill thousands of rats, until one survived. A brutal murder ends all possibilities and results in one lost life, one given away, and one life allowed to blossom and quickly die. The DNA Man is an unusual love story of honor, remorse and revenge, and one man who sacrifices everything to fulfill a promise.