The Ultimates' last stand

Hands down, one of the best post-apocalyptic thrillers I've read in... well, ever. The world is already seeing how GMO crops have impacted not only the way we live, but the way we will feed ourselves going into the future. GMO crops cross pollinate and impact non-GMO harvests in their proximity. Once contaminated, the damage cannot be undone. The natural crops begin to take on properties of the GMO variants and the future of farming has already changed. There is no going back.

But what if a supercrop of GMOs could feed everyone on the planet? It would change everything. Hunger would end. With that, the economics of the world would be upset in fascinating ways—perhaps placing the GMO supplier in the ultimate position of power. What could go wrong there?

And what could go wrong with the supercrops? The majority of Hunger explores this question. And damn, things go WRONG. Very, very wrong. And perhaps the most troubling concepts of this book—when you get past the mayhem, terror, thrills, and fun—is just how plausible the concept truly is. Modern science is already nearly there. The world stands at a tipping point where everything described in this book becomes concerningly plausible.