Synbat by Bob Mayer is a story off the beaten track. Genetic engineers, Drs. Ward and Merritt play God using apes, mixing Their Dna with human Dna to create a battle ape that is super strong, smart with human like hands, teachable they can fire and use weapons that are short lived but breed and grow fast. They are very aggressive and have massive jaws with pointy teeth. After the synbats are freed from their containment they attack people. They kill and eat people. Despite a massive search effort, they escape to Chicago with backpacks with embryos that will reach maturity in 6 weeks. All the government wants is to kill them and cover it up. That's the job for the DIA. In Chicago, Detective Giovanni is put as the liaison between the police and the Feds. Riley and Giovanni work together trailing the synbats. Can the synbats be stopped? Will the embryos survive? Read and discover for yourself.
A fast-paced gruesome, yet skillfully fascinating narrative. If you like action this would be the book to read. I can't hardly put it down.SYNBAT or (Synthetic Battle Form) a Pentagon sixty-eight billion dollar budget, which funded Biotech Engineering, upon research into mutating various viruses in pursuit cures for the effect of the original virus. The known biological weapon viruses assuming to find mutated form that might act against the pure form as an antidote.Apparently, Monkeys/Baboons are genetically modified creatures to advance an organic form that could function on the battlefield. It turned-out badly, when the SYNBAT breakout from their cage, and start killing innocent people. Dr. Merrit has request Riley to execute any SYNBAT's escapee, before it will exterminate another life.
