This was the most recent book I completed, last week, I think.
Tom Carter is a DNA geneticist whose life is about to change. In Stockholm to collect his Nobel Prize (eek!) the assassin trying to take his life murders his wife. After her death it becomes clear she had a brain tumour and was likely to die anyway. With his background in genetics Tom quickly realises and proves that his 3 year old daughter has a very large chance of dying from the same brain cancer as his wife.
The assassin came from a cult whose key purpose is to identify and educate the new christ (evidently, he will not know that he is the son of god!). Their secondary objective is to remove individuals who go against God's word, and evidently messing about with DNA is a real no-no in their terms.
Tom has invented the Genoscope, a machine that can read DNA and scan people in a high through-put mode to see who carries what genes. The cult hear of this and elect to ask him to help them find the second coming. They provide DNA samples from Jesus to scan in the Genoscope. Tom agrees, believing it is only way to find the cure for his daughter's cancer before it is too late. Of course, at this point Tom has no idea that he is now working for the folks who tried to kill him and did kill his wife!
Lots of intrigue in this one with nice twists in the plot and a final kick that I did not anticipate. I enjoyed reading it a lot, although I found a real interest in the science that others might not. A good effort from the author.
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