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On an island off Costa Rica there exists a hush-hush colony of giant animals which attracts the attention of two expeditions. The first one, including children, is led by a paleontologist, the other is made up of evil scientists who want to do experiments. The animals rout both without much concern for their motives.

Recently recruited and trained as a special agent by M16, the British secret service, 14-year-old West Londoner Alex Rider is sent to infiltrate an ulta-private school where the rich and powerful send their uncontrollable, rebellious sons. What he discovers in the mountaintop fortress of the campus are enough armed guards to repel an invasion-and new classmates who have become eerie copies of each other in their compliantattitudes and actions.

Seventeen-year-old Laz Hayerian wakes up on an abandoned Earth to discover that he and his companion Ivy Downey are clones, and they must work together--combining their talents to sense and step into and out of timestreams--to save humanity from imminent extinction.

After discovering that her best friend, Oliver, is still alive, Emma is reeling. She had to leave Levi, Oliver's genetic copy and the boy she loves, on the island with Gravelle, his deranged creator. Emma's also dealing with discovering who she really is after learning that she's also a clone. As she starts a new year at Darkwood, Emma isolates herself from the other clones and Oliver, but when more of Gravelle's plot is revealed, Emma and her friends...

Henry Brogan, an elite assassin, is suddenly targeted and pursued by a mysterious young operative that seemingly can predict his every move.

"In the midst of an interstellar war, Yun Tianming found himself on the front lines. Riddled with cancer, he chose to end his life, only to find himself flash frozen and launched into space where the Trisolaran First Fleet awaited. Captured and tortured beyond endurance for decades, Yun eventually succumbed to helping the aliens subjugate humanity in order to save Earth from complete destruction. Granted a healthy clone body by the Trisolarans, Yun...

Paul and Jessie are devastated when their 8-year-old son dies. When a fertility expert offers them an opportunity to resurrect their boy through a secret and illegal cloning procedure, they don't know that the doctor's hidden agenda will have horrifying repercussions when their "new" son passes his eighth birthday. Adam begins having "night terrors" and begins having marked changes in his behavior, and he begins to display a palpable sense of menace....

Fighting for survival after being separated into pairs in the aftermath of a betrayal, the Project Osiris clones search for notorious mob boss Gus Alabaster while tracking down Eli's elusive DNA donor alongside a surprising new ally.

"Amazing creators unite for a brand new era of Spidey! Ben Reilly -- the clone of Spider-Man -- is back! He's been through hell, but now with the support of a major corporation, Ben is thwipping once again and being the best Spider-Man he can be. And what does Peter think? Well, he's just been through the Sinister War and he's exhausted! But even if Peter is against Ben's return to the limelight, does he have a choice? The webs that are about to be...

This book is an introduction to cloning, examining the debate over cloning and discussing the potential future uses and effects based on ongoing research.