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I just got done reading a far-fetched science-fiction/horror/action novel by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child title The Relic. The story is based around a ‘creature’ lurking around the depths of a natural history museum, and occasionally murdering anyone unlucky enough to cross paths with it. To be more descriptive, per DNA analysis, the ‘creature’, known as Kothoga, is part human-part lizard, needs to feed on a specific plant, and originated from a hidden plateau in the Amazon rainforest.
The final twist (read on at your own peril) in the story explains that Kothoga used to be human, but was forced-fed a drug infused plant by a lost Amazonian tribe, and over time the drug created a metamorphose, creating a monster with unmeasurable strength and intelligence, complete with claws and scales. Like I said, far-fetched. Anyway, it reminded me of Queen’s dally with punk-rock with their song “Sheer Heart Attack”, not because it frightened me so much, but because the song contains the lyric
It was the DNA, that made me this way
So there you go. Literature has made itself a home on A Track A Day.
