In the year 2045, humanity has finally conquered nature. Disease is extinct. Intelligence is enhanced. Even beauty and physical strength are programmable. The genome has become both palette and canvas, allowing people to rewrite themselves into perfection.
But in Perfect Genome by Assad Ghazwani, perfection is revealed as the world’s deadliest weapon.
The novel launches readers into a chillingly plausible future where genetic manipulation has moved beyond laboratories and into the battlefield. At its core is Victor Steele, a rogue scientist who once helped unlock humanity’s DNA but now seeks to use it as a weapon of mass disruption. With CRISPR technology twisted into a tool for untraceable murder and neural malware capable of seizing control of entire populations, Steele isn’t waging war with armies—he’s rewriting the code of life itself.
Society collapses under his bio-digital assault. Governments falter. Leaders fall under genetic influence. And trust—the very foundation of human connection—becomes obsolete when even your own DNA can’t be trusted.
Standing against him is Dr. Evelyn Ross, a geneticist who once dreamed of healing the world through science. Forced to confront the unintended consequences of her field, Ross is joined by Detective Mark Ramirez, who brings ground-level grit to a war fought in both code and blood, and Dr. Layla Kattan, a Saudi cybersecurity pioneer fighting to defend digital frontlines from genetic intrusion.
Together, they face not only a terrorist, but the terrifying ethical abyss of a future where humanity itself is open-source.
With breakneck pacing, cinematic action, and a vision of science just over the horizon, Perfect Genome blends the moral urgency of Michael Crichton, the bio-tech intrigue of Richard K. Morgan, and the relentless suspense of Daniel Suarez. It is both a warning and a thrill ride—a story that asks not just if we can perfect ourselves, but what happens when perfection becomes the most powerful weapon in the world.
As the book’s tagline declares:
“A rogue scientist. A collapsing world order. A new war coded in DNA.”
