InGENEious

by Julie Kushner

Danner Nash can make you the Ideal Human. At his fingertips, lies the technology to alter your genetic code. He can make you more attractive, smarter, stronger, and faster than you ever thought you could be. This makes Danner the Most Wanted Man in the World. It also makes him the most dangerous . . .

How far would you go to get everything your heart desires? After all, what doesn’t kill you might make you stronger. But what makes you stronger, also might kill you . . .

339 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 8, 2012

About the author

Julie Kushner grew up in Marlboro, New Jersey and has been a passionate writer and voracious (bordering on obsessive) reader for as long as she can remember. Having always been enthralled with and fascinated by all things media, Julie's brain is a veritable cornucopia of facts and tidbits about the entertainment industry.

These facts and tidbits have been painstakingly collected during countless hours spent watching E! News, reading Entertainment Weekly, and studying the Internet Movie Database with the same dogged intensity with which seminary school students study the King James Bible

Julie received a B.A. in Journalism, with a concentration in Broadcast, from the Pennsylvania State University, summa cum laude, graduating first in her major, with minors in both Psychology and Law and Liberal Arts.

She is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Julie went on to receive her Juris Doctor from the George Washington University Law School, where she received a merit scholarship and was selected and served as a Legal Research and Writing Fellow for two years.

Julie currently resides in Hoboken, New Jersey with her adorable cat, Piglet.

To date, Julie has authored seven novels. This list includes:

* The Exquisite Corpse
* Me and You, Inc.
* Life Sucks, Death Bites
* Hollywood Warlock
* InGENEious
* Comeuppancce
* Snarky Goes to Hollywood

Julie also writes for the blog, TV Recappers Anonymous, which, since its inception in January 2010, has received upwards of 5 million hits, and is read in over 30 different countries. She also contributes to the popular TV recapping site, Happy Nice Time People, and critically acclaimed pop culture site, Agony Booth.

Reviews

[Alice K · Rating 5 out of 5]

Considering the widening economic gap between the so-called "1%" and the rest of us, coupled with the world's obsession with plastic surgery, and the science world's increased emphasis on gene mapping and stem-cell research, the fictional world Julie Kushner creates in InGENEious is remarkably plausible. As your tour guide through a possible tomorrow, Danner Nash makes for an intensely relatable protagonist. Danner is neither exceptionally rich, nor incredibly lucky. He's not even spectacularly good looking (as most of these type of characters tend to be.) Instead, Danner is an every-man . . . a guy like you and me . . . but with something a little bit extra. And in tomorrow's world, it's the extra that makes all the difference . . .

[Julie Galvin · Rating 5 out of 5]

InGENEious was my first read of 2023 and it was a fun piece of fiction from Julie Kushner. I'd start my day reading with my morning coffee and I found myself wondering what was going to happen next in Danner's world. I also enjoyed the story line between Danner and Jesse. This is the second book of Julie's that I have read and I'm looking forward to reading more in the future.