Genesis Alpha

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Genesis Alpha
Author	Rune Michaels
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre(s)	Young adult novel, Science Fiction
Publisher	Ginee Seo Books
Publication date	2007
Media type	Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
Pages	208
ISBN	ISBN 1416918868 (first edition, hardcover)

Genesis Alpha is a young adult and science fiction novel by American author Rune Michaels, and was first published in 2007.

[edit] Plot synopsis

Josh worships his older brother, Max. They look alike, they sound alike, and they both have the same interests, including their favorite multiplayer online role-playing game, Genesis Alpha. But Josh and Max have an even deeper connection. When Max was sick with cancer, it was Josh's stem cells, harvested when Josh was just a baby, that saved Max's life.

One day, while the two are playing a game of Genesis Alpha, Max stops responding. Josh soon realizes that Max was arrested in his college dorm room for the brutal murder of a teenage girl. As Josh tries to reconcile the brother he knew with the monster they talk about on television, he also has to deal with his own guilt: If his cells had not saved Max's life, would this girl still be alive? But this is only the beginning, and soon, Josh will come to a number of startling revelations—revelations that have dire implication not only for Max's future, but for Josh's as well.