--- product_id: 8842066 title: "Parasite (Parasitology, 1)" price: "€ 39.48" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.de/products/8842066-parasite-parasitology-1 store_origin: DE region: Germany --- # Parasite (Parasitology, 1) **Price:** € 39.48 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Parasite (Parasitology, 1) - **How much does it cost?** € 39.48 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.de](https://www.desertcart.de/products/8842066-parasite-parasitology-1) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description From New York Times bestselling author Mira Grant comes a vision of a decade in the future, where humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease. We owe our good health to a humble parasite — a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the Intestinal Bodyguard worm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system — even secretes designer drugs. It's been successful beyond the scientists' wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them. But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives . . . and will do anything to get them. "A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton." —John Joseph Adams More from Mira Grant: Parasitology Parasite Symbiont Chimera Newsflesh Feed Deadline Blackout Feedback Rise Review: Conspiracies, drama, science, and miracles, oh my! - I have been waiting for this book for months, ever since Grant announced it. I didn't even care what it was about. Actually the title, and the blurb, are a bit off-putting; who the heck wants to read a fiction book about parasites, parasites we willingly ingest? Ick! But I have faith in Grant's writing and she didn't let me down. That said, I don't see myself knowingly swallowing a parasite anytime soon. Whereas with "Feed" it took me a hundred pages or so before I was engaged, "Parasite" sucked me in right away. While the sleeping sickness and the truth about the parasites were interesting, it was the story of Sally Mitchell that really kept me interested. The Sally Mitchell we meet in the book is Sally 2.0. The first Sally died in a car accident six years ago but comes back to life thanks to the parasite in her body. This Sally has no memory of her life the first time around and even had to relearn basics such as language. She's utterly fascinating as she deals with daily life, holding down a part-time job, constant medical testing, a boy friend, and the family she has no memory of, who have difficulty accepting Sally 2.0 especially as she underwent a personality change. That could make a book all on its own but there's the mysterious sleeping sickness infecting people and its possible connection to the parasites. There's a large pharmaceutical company which may or may not be evil, a love story, secrets, treachery (I was so sad, I liked that character!), and an eccentric character or two (I'm looking at you Tansy!). It's a lot to tackle and not all of the plot lines are resolved in this book. There are more books to come so we should see them resolved. I foresaw a couple twists but for the most part the book kept me guessing and kept me enthralled. With the exception of Nathan who seemed too understanding to be real, the characters are complex and multi-dimensional; the issues and themes brought up are scary and all too real; and Grant spins a fascinating tale. You want this book, you really do. Review: " my darling child be careful now and don't go out alone." - "My darling child be careful now and don"t go out alone." Throughout this story, a child's book is quoted by three of the characters. The amassed quotes are so beguiling that I looked up the title on the off chance the book is real. (It isn't.) This attention to detail is one of the things that makes this novel so engaging. Given the topic, that is not an easy task. The plot of the book concerns a future 2027 in which a huge pharmaceutical company has conquered many diseases by treating humans with a tapeworm that dispenses medicine and generally takes care of the carrier's health. The main character, Sally, had an "implant" when she turned her car into oncoming traffic. After that accident left her essentially dead, Symbogen takes over her care with special worms and resurrects a person now into her sixth year. But she remembers nothing at all from before the accident. Sally's personality is appealing; kind with a bit of spunk. Her world keeps the reader glued to the page. It is true that it has not been so long since diet pills ordered through the mail did in fact contain tapeworms, I have seen people do dumber things to lose weight. The ick factor is part of the hook. It is an intriguing premise that we humans have sanitized our worlds to the point our immune system is bored and doesn't work. Enter the tapeworm to fix all that. Of course this would not be a book if everything worked out well. The human carriers seem to be prone to an outbreak of sleeping illness in which they start attacking everyone else. At this point the whole thing is way too zombie like for me since I am zombied out. I was sorry to see an old plot line com into this book which I chose due to its new premise. And I think the first solution to the first mystery pushes belief a couple of steps way too far. Nonethe less the book had me in its embrace. I got the proof copy from Netgalley, but will buy the second book. The writing is bright and sometimes witty. Picking on big pharma is always a lot of fun. The main characters are deeply intriguing. You wouldn't be reading it if the word parasites hadn't dinged a bell for you, so I recommend you read it. ## Images ![Parasite (Parasitology, 1) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81EGgctKr9L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Conspiracies, drama, science, and miracles, oh my! *by B***A on July 7, 2014* I have been waiting for this book for months, ever since Grant announced it. I didn't even care what it was about. Actually the title, and the blurb, are a bit off-putting; who the heck wants to read a fiction book about parasites, parasites we willingly ingest? Ick! But I have faith in Grant's writing and she didn't let me down. That said, I don't see myself knowingly swallowing a parasite anytime soon. Whereas with "Feed" it took me a hundred pages or so before I was engaged, "Parasite" sucked me in right away. While the sleeping sickness and the truth about the parasites were interesting, it was the story of Sally Mitchell that really kept me interested. The Sally Mitchell we meet in the book is Sally 2.0. The first Sally died in a car accident six years ago but comes back to life thanks to the parasite in her body. This Sally has no memory of her life the first time around and even had to relearn basics such as language. She's utterly fascinating as she deals with daily life, holding down a part-time job, constant medical testing, a boy friend, and the family she has no memory of, who have difficulty accepting Sally 2.0 especially as she underwent a personality change. That could make a book all on its own but there's the mysterious sleeping sickness infecting people and its possible connection to the parasites. There's a large pharmaceutical company which may or may not be evil, a love story, secrets, treachery (I was so sad, I liked that character!), and an eccentric character or two (I'm looking at you Tansy!). It's a lot to tackle and not all of the plot lines are resolved in this book. There are more books to come so we should see them resolved. I foresaw a couple twists but for the most part the book kept me guessing and kept me enthralled. With the exception of Nathan who seemed too understanding to be real, the characters are complex and multi-dimensional; the issues and themes brought up are scary and all too real; and Grant spins a fascinating tale. You want this book, you really do. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ " my darling child be careful now and don't go out alone." *by K***R on October 29, 2013* "My darling child be careful now and don"t go out alone." Throughout this story, a child's book is quoted by three of the characters. The amassed quotes are so beguiling that I looked up the title on the off chance the book is real. (It isn't.) This attention to detail is one of the things that makes this novel so engaging. Given the topic, that is not an easy task. The plot of the book concerns a future 2027 in which a huge pharmaceutical company has conquered many diseases by treating humans with a tapeworm that dispenses medicine and generally takes care of the carrier's health. The main character, Sally, had an "implant" when she turned her car into oncoming traffic. After that accident left her essentially dead, Symbogen takes over her care with special worms and resurrects a person now into her sixth year. But she remembers nothing at all from before the accident. Sally's personality is appealing; kind with a bit of spunk. Her world keeps the reader glued to the page. It is true that it has not been so long since diet pills ordered through the mail did in fact contain tapeworms, I have seen people do dumber things to lose weight. The ick factor is part of the hook. It is an intriguing premise that we humans have sanitized our worlds to the point our immune system is bored and doesn't work. Enter the tapeworm to fix all that. Of course this would not be a book if everything worked out well. The human carriers seem to be prone to an outbreak of sleeping illness in which they start attacking everyone else. At this point the whole thing is way too zombie like for me since I am zombied out. I was sorry to see an old plot line com into this book which I chose due to its new premise. And I think the first solution to the first mystery pushes belief a couple of steps way too far. Nonethe less the book had me in its embrace. I got the proof copy from Netgalley, but will buy the second book. The writing is bright and sometimes witty. Picking on big pharma is always a lot of fun. The main characters are deeply intriguing. You wouldn't be reading it if the word parasites hadn't dinged a bell for you, so I recommend you read it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ About a third of the way into this novel... *by R***O on November 26, 2013* About a third of the way into this novel, I became aware of the dreaded words on page 502, “To be continued…” Mira Grant, are you kidding me? I don’t like reading trilogies unless all three books are available to read now. By the time the next novel comes out, I will have forgotten this one. I know that I can go to Wikipedia for a recap, but most of the time I’ve already lost interest. Oh well, I should have been aware of her tendencies with the previously published, 'The Newsflesh Trilogy' . Okay, enough said. The first novel is a success, but it makes the reader wonder if these ‘tapewormed- sleepwalkers’ are going to morph into ordinary zombies. Mira, don’t do it, because what you have here is a fresh idea that should only get better in book two and three. I, for one, am tired of zombie novels. Keep your thoughts on what you started and develop it further. Your last chapter was dynamite waiting to ignite. I thought that was where the story was heading, but I wasn’t sure. The future readers will know what I’m talking about after they get to the end of this intoxicating work. It seems that SymboGen Corporation has developed a tapeworm that once implanted into a human body shields the person from sickness and actually dispenses drugs to fight any disease. Dr. Banks, Dr. Jablonsky and Dr. Shanti Cale are the three architects of this ‘Intestinal Bodyguard’ that has been ingested by most of the population. The year is 2027. The protagonist is Sally Mitchell, who had a horrible car accident, which left her in a near plug-pulling state, until her tapeworm somehow pulled her out of her coma. She was twenty at the time of the crash, and now six years have passed. She has no memory of her first twenty years and had to be re-taught everything as if she were a baby. Dr. Banks of SymboGen has taken an interest in her case and monitors her health and life at no expense to Sal (she changed her name since she has no memory of her first twenty years). Sal has a Dr. Bank’s arranged job at a animal shelter and has a boyfriend, Dr. Nathan Kim, who is a parasitologist at a San Francisco hospital. Sal has ‘night terror dreams’ of being in a hot and warm dark place with the distant sound of drums. Nonetheless, all’s well until she and Nathan run into a strange man and his dog in a park. He seems to be suddenly aggressive while sleepwalking. Sal and Nathan leave with the dog, who becomes their lovable pet named Beverly. Dr. Kim finds out that there are many similar cases nationwide. He discovers that a wand with a purple light run over your skin can detect whether you have an parasite infection, or not. Meanwhile Dr. Shanti Cole has disappeared. Dr. Jablonsky has committed suicide. What’s going on? Sal and Nathan meet the mysterious Adam and Tansy. Who are they and why does Adam call Nathan... brother? Are implants taking over their human host? Sal’s father, Colonel Alfred Mitchell, director of research at a U.S. Army research institute for infectious diseases gets involved in a big way. So in book one, Mira Grant has introduced the eight to ten main characters (good job). We know that the originally beneficial tapeworms seem to be revolting and taking over the brains of some human host. We suspect that there is a chief tapeworm, but I will not guess who that is at this time, although I think I know who it is. This is a well written piece of horror/urban fantasy from Seanan McGuire (writing as Mira Grant). She managed to keep me wide awake and feeling empathy for the characters while reading this thriller. A writer can’t do any better than that. I highly recommend this novel, but with the caveat that two more books are coming before we meet the denouement. ## Frequently Bought Together - Parasite (Parasitology, 1) - Symbiont (Parasitology) - Chimera (Parasitology) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.de/products/8842066-parasite-parasitology-1](https://www.desertcart.de/products/8842066-parasite-parasitology-1) --- *Product available on Desertcart Germany* *Store origin: DE* *Last updated: 2026-09-22*