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Odd John

John Wainwright is a freak - a human mutation with an extraordinary intelligence which is both awesome and frightening to all who come into contact with him. Ordinary humans were just playthings to John - subjects for an endless chain of experiments. Their feelings, and sometimes even their lives, are expendable.

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Odd John has a plan - to create a new order on Earth, a new supernormal species. But the world is not ready for such a change...

Subject
philosophy
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 209 pages

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