Finding the Gift: Book Two of the CRISPR Evolution Series

By Charis Jones

From an award-winning writer and biomedical researcher comes Book 2 in The CRISPR Evolution sci-fi series.

After escaping federal agents in Boston, the Wake family is living with Howard's brother deep in the Maine woods. With a real home and room to expand, the family has added two new members-embryos created from Aurie's eggs, in which she has awakened the god template. For the first time, life in hiding is peaceful; Howard and Jacqueline are busy with their in-house garage lab, Aurie is taking care of the embryonic gods in their artificial wombs, and Py is engaged in a secret project with a colony of ants. But Py's evolution has only just begun. As his ant project expands beyond his control, he faces questions of self and soul he isn't ready to answer. These become pressing when the god in Py's genome awakens and the Wakes-young and old alike-are called upon to defend the human race. Aurie's god chose to seed life on a distant planet, but Py's god is here to stay-and he is intent on remaking the world and the humans in it.

Fans of Frank Herbert, Ursula Le Guin, and Gene Wolfe will love this continuing tale of what it means to be human ... and what it means to be a god.

CRISPR Evolution was a first-place winner in the PNWA literary contest, a semifinalist for the BookLife Prize, and a finalist for the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award and Grand Prize, the American Book Fest Best Book Awards, the Foreword INDIES Awards, the Indies Today Awards, the National Indie Excellence Awards, the Readers' Favorite Awards, and the Page Turner Awards.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0G34BBBSR
• ISBN13: 9798986384931
• Release Date: November 2025
• Publisher: Charis Jones
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 8.0"