Let’s first look at a quick definition for a thriller novel.
Thrillers are action filled stories where the plot usually involves an
antagonist who presents obstacles that the protagonist must overcome. Depending
on what subject mater these novels cover determines the sub genre they fit
into. However, sometimes these stories end up covering more than one topic and
might not fit conveniently into one of the recognized sub genres. That’s what
happens with what I refer to as biotech thrillers.
Biotech thrillers are crossover novels for medical thrillers
and technological thrillers. Medical thrillers deal with some aspect of
medicine. Sometimes they deal with a mysterious disease. Now as for
technological thrillers (technothrillers), cutting-edge technology is central
to the plot. Well if one uses medical technology to deal with or even be the cause
of an epidemic disease in a story, this would be what I would refer to as a
biotech tale. Now to make these novels into thrillers, add bioterrorists.
Now, can anyone think of novels that fit into the sub genre
of biotech thrillers?
Here are two examples:
