{"product_id":"run-lab-rat-run-shawn-c-butler-9781737485919","title":"Run Lab Rat Run","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTo earn her freedom, she has to survive the deadliest race on Earth\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe tests never stopped, but they told her she'd be fine. She was nearly indestructible. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe knew it was a lie. Genetic test subjects like her usually died by thirty, and they always died in pain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut on her 21st birthday, she's given a chance to escape the lab and live forever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe just has to survive the deadliest race on earth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCritical Praise\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Vivid and fast-paced, \u003ci\u003eRun Lab Rat Run\u003c\/i\u003e explores the coming era of human augmentation at every level, from scientific to ethical, asking 'What if every possibility comes true? Might we split into dozens of species?' This is the real deal in speculative fiction.\" - \u003cb\u003eDavid Brin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Postman\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003ci\u003eExistence.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eGattaca \u003c\/i\u003emeets the \u003ci\u003eHunger Games\u003c\/i\u003e in this dystopian science fiction adventure\" - \u003cb\u003eK.A. Fox, USA Today Bestselling Author\u003c\/b\u003e of the Murphy's Law Series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Shawn C. Butler pulls the reader into a world of genetic enhancements and mutations, artificial intelligence, robots and implants...a cautionary tale; a complex, thought-provoking and twisted story of specieism and discrimination, competition, power and control.\" - \u003cb\u003eReadingCafe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"5 stars! Recommended to\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003elovers of gripping futuristic tales with themes of society, inequality, and genetic modification. \u003ci\u003eRun Lab Rat Run\u003c\/i\u003e proved to be an insightful and gripping read, surrounding core themes of society, discrimination, and genetic modification. It was a highly thought-provoking read.\" - \u003cb\u003eBookish Beyond\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I was instantly immersed in the book. Such fantastic, descriptive language without being verbose. Written so that it was a scarily believable future. A strong female lead who is also beautifully flawed such that we can empathise with her.\" - \u003cb\u003eIsobel Ross \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fun and entertaining read that presents science fiction in a very believable way. Brilliant metaphors and imagery that could only be written by someone with personal experience in pushing a body to its limits.\" - \u003cb\u003eTim Y\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Shawn Butler presents us with a glimpse into this possible future in an entertaining tale of an athletic competition gone mad.\" -\u003cb\u003e Lazarus Lake\u003c\/b\u003e (aka Gary Cantrell), Founder of the Barkley Marathons \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspiration\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRun Lab Rat Run's \u003c\/i\u003ecore message is about what it means to be genetically engineered. What does \"human\" mean, and how will we share the planet with bioengineering humans who are, possibly, far superior physically and mentally to our \"natural\" selves? Will we have a caste system, a hierarchy analogous to white supremacy, with the most modified on top? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThose questions and many more occurred to me when CRISPR was introduced to the world.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eCRISPR offered new way of genetically modifying pretty much anything, cheaply and easily. It's obvious that within a few years, and far less than a generation, human beings will be editing themselves-first for disease resistance, then for genetic anomalies, and then for, well, whatever we want. If that doesn't scare you, you're not paying attention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eRun Lab Rat Run\u003c\/i\u003e is about one very possible world where value is determined by degrees of modification; a world I sincerely hope we do not choose.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shawn C. 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