# Parasite

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- Book: [Parasite](https://www.bookquiver.com/seanan-mcguire/parasite) ([Parasite.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/seanan-mcguire/parasite.md))
- Authors: [Seanan McGuire](https://www.bookquiver.com/seanan-mcguire)
- Publisher: orbit
- ISBN: 978-03-5650-192-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2013-10-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite - a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system - even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them. But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives . . . and will do anything to get them.