The Ambassador (CH)

'What a story...' - FAY WELDON 'An extraordinarily vivid portrait of how the world could look - and think - one hundred years from now' - BOOKS BY MAIL In the year 2099, the free world is dominated by the European Union, climate change and gene therapy. While 'cloning' is not mentioned in polite society, it's happening. 'NTs' (Nuclear Transplants) are fully integrated into society. America, however, has been captured by fundamentalists opposed to the medical advances. When Bill Strether is sent by the US President to represent his country in London, he comes to realise the full breathtaking extent of the official genetic programme, and finds it impossible to condemn. But when files go missing, a chromosome disintegrates, and a sinister lorry is seen leaving the laboratory late one night, the true dangers become apparent.