ISBN:0765344637. Mass Market Paperback in Fine conditon. Tight, bright, unmarked with light edgewear to the covers. "This new science thriller takes place in the very near future--in a world where genetically transmitted diseases are being eliminated and manual labor is gradually being transferred to "sims," genetically altered chimps who occupy a gray zone between simian and human. This new science thriller takes place in the very near future--in a world where genetically transmitted diseases are being eliminated and manual labor is gradually being transferred to "sims," genetically altered chimps who occupy a gray zone between simian and human. "