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Rough Beast

by Gary Goshgarian · 1995

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A government project in germ warfare is abandoned and the virus is buried on the outskirts of Boston. A house is built atop the dump and it is bought by Terry and Calvin Hazzard. In time the containers leak, but the Hazzards are not aware of the dump, cannot understand why their 12-year-old son, Matty, is turning into a beast. By the author of Atlantis Fire.

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
genetic engineeringgenetic engineeringMore like thisLess of thispsychologicalpsychologicalMore like thisLess of this
Setting
MassachusettsMassachusettsMore like thisLess of this
Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrens
Length
medium · 304 pages

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