Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a compatible heart, liver, or kidney. Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a high price, and imagine what a company would do to monopolize that technology. On a remote island in Lake Superior, a team of geneticists has unlocked this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering thousands of genomes, they dial back the evolutionary clock to re-create the progenitor of all mammals. The method? Illegal. The result? An AI-designed animal whose organs can be safely transplanted into any person. There's just one problem: these "ancestors" are not the docile herd animals the scientists envisioned. Instead, the project spawns something big, something evil … something very, very hungry. As creators become prey in an ultimate battle for survival, the research team must fight for their lives — even while government agents close in to shut the project down, and the deep-pocketed company backing this research reveals its own cold-blooded agenda...
https://scottsigler.com/book/ancestor/
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 19 hours 25 minutes
episode 30: ANCESTOR Episode 30
Clayton takes the C-5 survivors to a safe place so they can hide out. The Harveys have a close encounter with the ancestors. Magnus lays out his plan for Andy. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Random House Audio Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
episode 29: ANCESTOR Episode 29
Sven ignores Clayton's warning and goes out to his barn. Big mistake. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Random House Audio Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
episode 28: ANCESTOR Episode 28
Clayton & Sven remain vexed by the overnight translocation of the main herd. Clayton discovers the surviving C-5 crew in the woods and takes them home. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Random House Audio Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
episode 27: ANCESTOR Episode 27
The survivors from the plane crash make it to Sven's barn. Clayton's spider-sense starts to tingle. Sven & Mookie discover the experimental herd. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Random House Audio Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
episode 26: ANCESTOR Episode 26
Sara discovers Magnus' parting gift. Will the C-5 crew be able to perform an emergency landing without any casualties? Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Random House Audio Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
episode 25: ANCESTOR Episode 25
Magnus browbeats Sara into taking the C-5 up in a nasty storm. The turbulence jars Miss Patty Melt out of her harness, and the crew attempts to rein in the ensuing chaos. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Random House Audio Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
episode 24: ANCESTOR Episode 24
Colding, Magnus, and Dante all have to deal with the fallout after the incident with Jian. Sara gets unpleasant surprises from both Colding & Magnus. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Random House Audio Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
episode 23: ANCESTOR Episode 23
Claus, Jian, and Tim get their first look at an Ancestor outside of the womb. They perform an autopsy and try to figure out what went wrong with the Milkshakes. Magnus confronts Jian when she places a call. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Produced by Random House Audio Production Assistance by Arioch Morningstar and Allie Press Copyright 2010, 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
episode 22: ANCESTOR Episode 22
Jian recalculates her projections and shows Rhumkorff the results. The team disagrees on whether they should continue the project or let the cows die. Sara teaches Colding how to ride a snowmobile when everyone goes out to pick up materials for the ancestor pens. Jian sets up a VOIP connection so she can contact the world outside if she has to. Miss Milkshake flatlines...
episode 21: ANCESTOR Episode 21
Colding confronts Rhumkorff to try and figure out why her medication isn't working. Jian knows what *must* happen for the project to succeed, but her sanity is devolving rapidly. Rhumkorff finally admits that the ancestors may be dangerous when Tim & Jian simultaneously confront him. Jian decides that she wants to leave Black Manitou Island...