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Michael Cordy's first novel, The Miracle Strain, about the search for the DNA of Christ, was published in over twenty five languages and forty countries. It reached the top five in the Sunday Times Bestseller List and became a bestseller around the world.

Disney bought the film rights for $1.6 million.

Another five novels followed: Crime Zero, Lucifer, True, The Source and the latest THE COLOUR OF DEATH. All have been published in the UK by Bantam Press and Corgi, and translated into several languages.

Warner Bros optioned the film rights to The Source and Michael recently optioned Crime Zero to the producers of Lord Of The Rings and The Golden Compass, agreeing to write the screenplay.

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	The Messiah Code 3.77 avg rating — 1,835 ratings — published 1997 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lucifer Code 3.74 avg rating — 1,262 ratings — published 2001 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Venus Conspiracy 3.81 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 2004 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crime Zero 3.79 avg rating — 515 ratings — published 1999 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Source 3.92 avg rating — 478 ratings — published 2008 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Colour of Death 3.76 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 2011 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manhattan Down 3.90 avg rating — 239 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“How long was a year anyway? Fifty-two weeks? Three hundred and sixty-five days? Eight thousand seven hundred and sixty hours?”
― Michael Cordy, The Messiah Code: A Genetic Thriller

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“They are in you and in me; they created us, body and mind; and their preservation is the ultimate rationale of our existence . . . they go by the name of genes.”
― Michael Cordy, The Messiah Code: taut and gripping - a phenomenon of a thriller

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“You’re never more alive than when you’re close to death. But you’re never more dead than when you’re stuck in a life you don’t want. So let me go. That’s what I’d want. A little pain, don’t mind that, a little fear and then nothing.”
― Michael Cordy, The Lucifer Code: gripping, taut and intelligent; a thriller set apart from the rest

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