* Bioweapons designers are developing deadly, genetically engineered, life-forms triggered by race- and ethnic-related genes. * DNA analysis shows that the human race has come close to extinction in the past. * Will "Slatewiper" bring the human race to the brink of extinction again? When Lara Blackwood, a brilliant genetic engineer, receives a call asking for her help in solving a ghastly epidemic in Tokyo, she's happy to do what she can . To her horror she discovers that her life's work has been perverted to produce a revolutionary new genetic weapon that kills by turning people's own ethnic-related chromosomes against them. Humanity's clock is ticking as Lara struggles against staggering odds to expose the conspiracy behind "Slatewiper"—before a nightmarish terrorist scheme threatens the entire human race with extinction!