Frameshift by Robert Sawyer is a science fiction thriller set in the heady world of university genetics research. The main character, Pierre Tardivel, is a famous Canadian geneticist who, tragically, carries the gene for Huntington's disease. His personal, medical story is entwined with a subplot about unmasking and bringing to justice Burian Klimus, a brilliant scientist who may have been the notorious Ivan the Terrible—a man who sent thousands of Jews to death in the Treblinka death factory operated by the Nazis during World War II.
Robert J. Sawyer has taken an active role within the science-fiction community both in Canada and around the world, and he has worked to promote international awareness of Canadian science fiction. He...
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Robert J(ames) Sawyer