Deploying dragons

Deploying dragons

Dan Koboldt

Book - 2022

"Genetic engineer Noah Parker has at last landed the job he's long coveted: director of dragon design for the Build-A-Dragon Company. With a combination of genetic engineering and a cryptic device known as the Redwood Codex, he and his team can produce living, breathing dragons made-to-order. But sales of dragons have plummeted, and the Build-A-Dragon Company will have to find new revenue streams if it hopes to stay in business. A contract to develop dragons for the U.S. military promises a much-needed lifeline. Yet the specs are more challenging than anything Noah has ever designed. Worse, he learns that a shadow company headed by former CEO Robert Greaves has stolen the dragon-making technology to make a competing bid. Noah'...;s dragons will face off against those of his old adversary. It's a head-to-head design competition, with the ethical future of domesticated dragons hanging in the balance."--Page 4 of cover.

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Subjects
Scientists > Fiction.
Genetic engineering > Fiction.
Dragons > Fiction.
Defense contracts > Fiction.
Science fiction.
Genres
Science fiction
Published
Riverdale, NY : Baen [2022]
Language
English
Main Author
Dan Koboldt (author)
Physical Description
309 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781982192105
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Review by Booklist Review

Deploying Dragons is the second installment of the Build-A-Dragon Sequence, which imagines a world where dragons are developed in a lab and serve a variety of purposes (cuddle buddies, trophies, guard dogs, oh my!) to their human owners. In this stellar follow-up to Domesticating Dragons (2021), Kobloldt returns readers to the familiar offices of Build-A-Dragon, which should have been a triumphant return for Noah Parker and reader alike. Instead, Noah is faced with an empty office that is recovering from the infamous deeds of its prior CEO--he was trying to replace dogs with domesticated dragons--and financial ruin, as people actually prefer their pets to have fur rather than scales. However, with a lucrative contract with the Department of Defense on the line, Noah and his small team will band together, while at the same time, stretching the ethical boundaries of dragon genetics to beat an old enemy. A fast-paced and funny ride, this book will keep readers entertained.

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Review by Library Journal Review

The domesticated dragons introduced in the LJ Best-Booked Domesticating Dragons (the first in Koboldt's "Build-a-Dragon" biotech thriller series) have successfully rescued their creator Noah Parker and the world's dog population, but in the process, they nearly sank the company that first made them. Now it's up to Noah and what remains of the Build-a-Dragon team to save the company by creating soldier dragons for the U.S. military. All they have to do is win a contest against the evil genius who founded their company but nearly destroyed the world's canines in the process. In this dragon-eat-dragon world, Noah and team will have to beat the competition to give their own dragons--and themselves--a fighting chance. In Koboldt's story of genetic engineering gone mostly right, Noah Parker represents every wide-eyed inventor with a dream and the will to make it fly. VERDICT Full of thrilling invention and discovery and show-stealing dragons, this one is for every reader who's ever dreamed of riding or at least training their very own winged beast.--Marlene Harris

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