Ancestor


ANCESTOR is out June 22, 2010, and it will bust you one right in the mouth. You hear me? Right in the mouth! The book has more attitude and knock-out power than Tyson back in the day. 

“Fun, creepy, and impossible to stop reading, Ancestor is the rare thriller that's based on cutting-edge science and is entirely possible. Long after you're done with the book, you'll still be looking over your shoulder. Just in case.”
Phil Plait, PhD, author of DEATH FROM THE SKIES and creator of BadAstronomy.com

 Pre-order ANCESTOR from your local bookstore, or click the links below:

ANCESTOR SYNOPSES

“The ancestors are out there … you have to believe me.”

Acclaimed author Scott Sigler, New York Times bestselling creator of INFECTED and CONTAGIOUS, offers a chilling tale of what can happen when hubris, greed, and madness drive scientific experimentation past the brink of reason.

Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a compatible heart, a liver, a kidney. Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a nominal fee ... and imagine what a company would do to monopolize that technology.

On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, PJ Colding leads a group of geneticists who have discovered this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering thousands of animal genomes, Colding's team has dialed back the evolutionary clock and re-created the progenitor of all mammals. The method? Illegal. The result? A computer-engineered living creature, an animal whose organs can be implanted in any person, with no chance of transplant rejection.

There's just one problem: these ancestors are not the docile herd animals that Colding's team envisioned. Instead, Colding’s work has given birth to something big, something evil…something very, very hungry.

As creators become prey in an ultimate battle for survival, Colding and the woman he loves must fight to survive — even as government agents close in to shut the project down, and the deep-pocketed company backing this research reveals its own cold-blooded agenda.

"This story sizzles with tension. Danger and drama mix with cutting-edge science to produce a top notch, action-packed adventure. If you think Scott Sigler just writes horror, you're dead wrong. This guy is one heck of a thriller writer." 

Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of THE PARIS VENDETTA and THE CHARLEMAGNE PURSUIT

"Michael Crichton may be gone, but he has a worthy successor in Scott. This book takes thriller and science fiction conventions and slams them together to make something new and fascinating." 

Simon R. Green, New York Times bestselling author of THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UNCANNY and AGENTS OF LIGHT AND DARKNESS   

"Sigler has a unique talent for keeping readers on the edge of their seats; I absolutely had to know what was going to happen next. Infected is full of mayhem, action, and gore--and you won’t be able to put it down."

Dave Wellington, author of 13 BULLETS and the MONSTER ISLAND trilogy


Just set up my Pre-Order!!

UnknownVariable's picture
On January 29th, 2010 (18:19 GMT) UnknownVariable says:

Just doing my part to assist the sigler ascendancy!   

 

All Hail the FDO! 


Just got this e-mail...

belladonna420's picture
On January 26th, 2010 (10:07 GMT) belladonna420 says:

Hello from Amazon.com.

We're writing about the order you placed on September 05 2009 (Order# ***-*******-*******). Unfortunately, the release date for the item(s) listed below has changed, and we need to provide you with a new delivery estimate based on the new release date:
           
  Scott Sigler "Ancestor: A Novel"
    Estimated arrival date: June 25 2010 - June 29 2010

 

WHAT THE FRAK?!?!?!?!?

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Pusher & GirlCo Graffiti


How about an ancestor slightly smaller than an elephant

chrshowe's picture
On January 22nd, 2010 (07:00 GMT) chrshowe says:

http://science.slashdot.org/firehose.pl?op=view&type=story&sid=10/01/21/...

FTA: "Scientists in Italy are hoping to [0]breed back from extinction the mighty [1]auroch, a bovine species which has been extinct since 1627. The auroch weighed 2,200 pounds (1000kg) and its shoulders stood at 6'6". The beasts once roamed most of Asia and northern Africa. The animal was depicted in cave paintings and Julius Caesar described it as being a little less in size than an elephant. A member of the Consortium for Experimental Biotechnology suggests that 99% of the auroch's DNA can be recreated from genetic material found in surviving bone material. Wikipedia mentions that researchers in Poland are working on the same problem."


*hyperventilates*

ChunkyMonkeySamiches's picture
On January 15th, 2010 (21:20 GMT) ChunkyMonkeySamiches (MC) says:

so so so so so so so so so so SO VERY excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D 

 

I specialize in accurate interpretation of your pathetically unclear and dismally vague descritpion of what you think you want.


Waiting

KantaDP's picture
On January 7th, 2010 (20:15 GMT) KantaDP says:
Gonna wait until it comes out in book!

Are you looking for the podcast 'Ancestor'?

On December 27th, 2009 (21:10 GMT) Andrew B (not verified) says:
Scott Sigler says that the podcast/podiobook will be be pulled off until February 2010. So as hard as you try, you won't be able to find it on the web. You can go to this link: http://www.podiobooks.com/title/ancestor But the podcast isn't up for downloading.

you can download here

infected_once's picture
On January 27th, 2010 (09:09 GMT) infected_once says:

http://www.podcastdirectory.com/podcasts/55194

but I got mine from a CD my friend gave me downrange. still great stuff, can't wait for my pre-ordered copy to get here!

 

Molly McButters is my Homeboy!


old podcast versions

madsci3213's picture
On December 26th, 2009 (10:06 GMT) madsci3213 says:
I recall when I first heard a plug for Ancestor and I thought that would probably be just another monster story. Then I heard it, amazing, twists and turns, the floor faling our from under the words! Scott, you displaced Stephen King on my shelf! Exciting to see this one come out hard copy. Though I appreciated the re-done podiobook for Infected, I have to say there was a raw quality of the original podcast that I liked. Please, please when you re-post the new polished spiffy versions, please put back up the originals as well. Some of your minions love the original versions the way you first spoke em! Post em both I say....pretty please

old version of Ancestor

Serge's picture
On December 28th, 2009 (02:43 GMT) Serge says:

 

I still have the old school version of Ancestor. Would you like me to send it you? 


Original Ancestor

madsci3213's picture
On January 26th, 2010 (16:34 GMT) madsci3213 says:

Serge, my man, that would be awesome!!


send me please

necol66's picture
On January 25th, 2010 (06:43 GMT) necol66 says:

Hi serge

 

Can you please send me the old school version of Ancestor?

 

Cheers

Neil


Ancestor

On January 14th, 2010 (20:09 GMT) kajunroadrunner (not verified) says:
Serge please send Ancestor.

...old version of Ancestor...

On January 2nd, 2010 (12:27 GMT) DrkAngl76 (not verified) says:
Serge!! Please I would LOVE for you to send me the old version of Ancestor!

MIND BLASTING!!

Default's picture
On August 25th, 2009 (02:16 GMT) Default says:
"No, not mind blowing, MIND BLASTING!" Loved this book, once again Sigler exploded my mind for the third time (after infected and contagious). Nice plot, logical and could not stop progress through the story.

GASP.

DaniS.'s picture
On August 19th, 2009 (20:18 GMT) DaniS. says:
This was next on my list of Sigler Books to listen to, and i had just finished earthcore and tried to go to the podiobooks link for it and needless to say when it didnt work i litteraly had a panic attack..

Ancestor is my third Sigler

On June 16th, 2009 (12:15 GMT) dartagnan says:
Ancestor is my third Sigler Novel (others are Earthcore and Nocturnals). Not usually one for lots and lots of violence, but dammit you SOB, you tell a good story! I'm gonna make one suggestion, though. Get some real girls for the ladies voices! Most of your voices are great. I especially like the crotchety ol' canadian in Ancestor (can't think of his name right now), but when it comes to ladie's voices, you need help, dude. It's the one distraction I find listening to your books. Regards, Jeff

You MUST hear the Rookie!!!!

Finaldrive's picture
On June 27th, 2009 (08:52 GMT) Finaldrive (HM) says:

Its a moral imperative.

 

Undead Champion and Pusher 

No power in the Verse can stop me.


Can't Wait

Finaldrive's picture
On April 26th, 2009 (10:21 GMT) Finaldrive (HM) says:

Now that I've ordered my copy of The Rookie, I'm looking forward to Ancestor! I love scary cow beasts. Most twisted monster EVER.

 

When do I get my share of the loot?


First podcast ever

jhays84's picture
On April 5th, 2009 (16:35 GMT) jhays84 says:
This was my first podcast ever! I sure was taken for a wild surprise!! It was amazing! I listen to it every night before I went to sleep and it sure made for a wild night, dreams and all!! ADDICTED!!

My first podiobook of all time.

billy tal3nt3d's picture
On March 5th, 2009 (08:15 GMT) billy tal3nt3d (CA) says:
And it has been love ever since. "When i say your dumb name step forward and forsake all other before your new digital ruler..."

Loved it!

On November 16th, 2008 (22:36 GMT) Brady Frost (not verified) says:
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and highly recommend it. Scott has given us a tale that represents a startling similarity to what may lie in store for us if scientists ignore the warning signs in their eagerness for results. Beware the Ancestor! HuntingtheMuse.com gives Ancestor a big thumbs up!

Amazing!

SilntCll's picture
On October 20th, 2008 (15:24 GMT) SilntCll says:
§¡|n+€|| Words can't describe the sheer awsome contained in this book! At first I did not know what to expect from this book. I thought, eh, just some book about genetics and such. That thought was violently ripped from my skull! The thought of never ending explosion of awsomeness was then shot into my head with a nail gun! This is certainly tied in to my favorite books along with Earthcore and Infected(although I'm not quite finished with either.)(I will be VERY soon) I am sorry to say that living on a 16-year-old's, no allowance/no job income makes it very hard to purchase books. I will but them as I get money. Hopefully(and I regret to say that I have not yet experienced either, but am starting) both The Rookie and Nocturnal will be placed among my list of favorites. Screw hopefully, they WILL be among my favorites!!!>:( ALL PRAISE FDO!!! \m\>.

great story

gmanvsfreeman's picture
On July 27th, 2008 (05:09 GMT) gmanvsfreeman (MC) says:

G-Man

Nine million terrorists in the world I gotta kill one with smaller feet than my sister. - John McClane


Could you please explain me

On May 22nd, 2008 (08:01 GMT) Jesus P Miller (not verified) says:
Could you please explain me the meaning of 'DOM'

mp3 archive Bug

On May 17th, 2008 (11:25 GMT) sqgl says:
Ancestor mp3's on podiobooks.com are not able to be downloaded :( I can only get episodes 17 and 18. (and i think i got the intiguing chapter one from scottsigler.com)

Follow up to: ANCESTOR coming true, watch your ass, England

psYon's picture
On April 7th, 2008 (06:28 GMT) psYon says:
Check out this article in the Times (UK). See the post back in Sep 07 in SiglerScience about Britian allowing this to move forward...6 months later it's a reality...nice work on predicting the future, our dark overlord. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3663033.ec...

By getting back to the root

On March 24th, 2008 (11:28 GMT) silver (not verified) says:
By getting back to the root of our creation, Rhumkorrf hopes to create an animal with human internal organs. Rhumkorrf discovers the ancestor, but it is not the small, harmless creature he envisions.

WHAT?!?

supersaiyanlobo's picture
On February 7th, 2008 (13:19 GMT) supersaiyanlobo says:
Just when you thought it was safe to hide in the great white north! This has got to be one of the feel good stories of the year! LONG LIVE KING SIGLER!!!!

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