Ember from the Sun
Mark Canter. Dell Publishing Company, $6.99 (528pp) ISBN 978-0-440-22430-3
A frozen 25,000-year-old embryo is brought to life in the 20th century. (July)
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Reviewed on: 06/02/1997
Genre: Fiction
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