(Paristology #1)<\/p>\n
In the near future, SymboGen, a pharmeceutical company, has created the “designer tapeworm” D. symbogenesis, marketed as the Intentinal Bodyguard. \u00a0Everyone is screwed up from lack of exposure to anything as kids, but the IB take care of your immune system. \u00a0It’s a huge success. \u00a0It was created by Drs Shanti Cale, Steven Banks and a 3rd doctor (now dead). However, lately, people seem to be getting struck by a “sleeping sickness” which basically turns them into zombies. \u00a0They are drawn to Sal and moan her name.<\/p>\n
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Sally “Sal” Mitchell: severely injured in a car accident, but her life was saved by her Intestinal Bodyguard. \u00a0She has regular check-ins at SymboGen. \u00a0She has no memory of being Sally, and has trouble with certain vocabulary and appropriate behaviors, since she is essentially 6 years old. \u00a0She is employed at the Cause for Paws animal shelter, along with Will and Tasha. \u00a0SymboGen is trying to convince her to come work for them (so they can keep a closer eye on her), but she’s not interested. \u00a0She has a sister, Stacy, who is infected with “sleeping sickness” near the end of the book. \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Nathan Kim: \u00a0Sal’s boyfriend, a doctor. \u00a0When Sal starts receiving strange notes, he recognizes the content from a book he read as a child. \u00a0It turns out his mother, believed dead, is actually Dr Shanti Cole, who is continuing to do her own resesarch on D. symbogenesis. \u00a0He and Sal accidentally discover that a UV light will identify anyone infected with sleeping sickness.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Dr Shanti Cole: one of the founders of SymboGen, she has gone into hiding to continue her research. She has discovered that if D. symbogenesis can actually take over a dead body, which then appears to be a normal living human. She has created a prototype, named Adam (who calls her “Mom”), and also Tansy and, as it turns out, Sherman, who is Sal’s friendly guide when she has appts at SymboGen.\u00a0At the very end of the book, we learn (not surprisingly) that Sal is actually a sentient tapeworm, like Adam and Tansy.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Tansy: is mildly nuts and will resort to violence if it means helping Dr Cole get what she wants.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Dr Steven Banks: \u00a0believed to be the only surviving founder of SymboGen. \u00a0He is following Sal’s case very closely, and she doesn’t quite trust him. \u00a0At the end of the book, she steals information off his computer for Dr Cale.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Colonel Mitchell: Sal’s father. \u00a0He is in this much deeper than we realized.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Beverly: \u00a0Sal’s dog, who she rescued when a man in the park succumbed to sleeping sickness<\/p>\n
Minnie: Nathan’s dog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(Paristology #1) In the near future, SymboGen, a pharmeceutical company, has created the “designer tapeworm” D. symbogenesis, marketed as the Intentinal Bodyguard. \u00a0Everyone is screwed up from lack of exposure to anything as kids, but the IB take care of your immune system. \u00a0It’s a huge success. \u00a0It was created by Drs Shanti Cale, Steven … Continue reading Parasite by Mira Grant<\/span>