Terminator Gene

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name = Terminator Gene
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author = Ian Irvine
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country = Australia
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series = The Human Rites Trilogy
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genre = Future eco-thriller
publisher = Simon & Schuster Australia
pub_date = April 2003
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media_type = Paperback
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preceded_by = The Last Albatross
followed_by = The Life Lottery

Terminator Gene is the second book in Ian Irvine's Eco-thriller titles. Set after The Last Albatross, this is the story of Jemma Hardey's daughter.

Blurb

- Advert|date=December 2007 - "Security knocks at the door and Irith Hardey's world is torn apart. - Her mother, Jemma, is arrested for an unspecified crime and disappears. Irith, a young gene researcher, is thrown onto the streets. With nothing but the clothes on her back, she fights to survive in a cruel and predatory world. - - The sexually inexperienced Irith soon falls prey to the mysterious Bragg. He spirits her away to a Britain slowly collapsing under the sanctions of the Global Congress. There she is flung into a violent battle between Security and a cabal of rebels, only to find herself caught up in the rebels' underground assault on a Congress data centre. They steal files containing the code for a deadly terminator virus, but no one can decipher it. - - Hunted through the flooded tunnels under the London Docklands, the group flees to New Orleans, slowly drowning under the rising seas, to destroy the laboratory where the virus is being made. As the hurricane of the century bears down on the sinking city, Irith struggles to crack the secret of the virus before it wipes out all humanity."

Laws of the Global Congress

Seven Obscenities
#Procreation without a permit
#Consuming more than you require
#Wasting Energy
#Damage to the environment
#Failure to complete allotted duties
#Willfully harming animals
#Disobeying lawful instructions

Fifteen virtues
#Abstinence
#Obedience
#Self Control
#Diligence
#Austerity
#DedicationNOTE:all known virtues

Characters

*Jemma Hardey - Now almost 60 (?) and is a widow after Ryn's death, mother to Irith Hardey. She is being hunted for revenge by Ulf Barmet.

*Irith Hardey - Small, like her mother and has slightly frizzy pale brown hair. She has brown eyes, and is a striking woman, though timid and well brought up to be conservative. She is a great rifle shooter and is the heroine of the story.

*Levi Seth - Now in his 50's, he wears glasses, is slim, dark-skinned. He has a bald skull rimmed with fluffy grey hair and kind eyes. He has an Indian appearance but no apparent accent, and a firm handshake. He is very good at security, and is the main character in helping the team succeed.

*Bragg - Takes Irith to London, is part of Levi's team.

*Thornton - Twin to Gretel

*Gretel - A tall attractive woman, with a luscious figure, not much over 20. She has jet black hair to midway down her back. She is twin to Thornton and with a fiery temper is very protective to her twin.

*Siah - Gives Levi's team a place to stay, which gets burnt down. Has family in the New Orleans.

*Ulf Bamert - President of the Global Congress and is the villain.

*Hercus Barges - Deceased character from The Last Albatross.

*James Barchitt - Director of Security at the office in London. He is condescending and has "meaty hands" and is a pervert.

Titles of the Human Rites Sequence

* "The Last Albatross" (November 2000)
* "Terminator Gene" (April 2003)
* "The Life Lottery" (August 2004)

Publishers

* [http://www.simonsaysaustralia.com Simon & Schuster Australia]
* [http://www.mobipocket.com/ Mobipocket Ebooks]