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|podcasted = 2005
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'''''Ancestor''''' is a [[Wikipedia: Thriller (genre)|thriller]] / [[Wikipedia: Horror fiction |horror]] [[Wikipedia: novel|novel]] by [[Wikipedia:United States|American]] author [[Scott Sigler]]. Originally released as a podcast audio book, it was first published in 2007 by Dragon Moon Press as a paperback edition. The novel has since been reworked and was released on 22 June 2010 by Crown Publishing as a hardcover edition. This is the second book by [[Scott Sigler]] that was initially distributed through a podcast and then released in print form, the first being his 2000 novel ''[[EarthCore]]''.

==Synopsis==
Ancestor offers a chilling tale of what can happen when hubris, greed, and madness drive scientific experimentation past the brink of reason.

Every five minutes, a transplant candidate dies while waiting for a compatible heart, a liver, a kidney. Imagine a technology that could provide those life-saving transplant organs for a nominal fee ... and imagine what a company would do to monopolize that technology.

On a remote island in the Canadian Arctic, [[P.J. Colding]] leads a group of geneticists who have discovered this holy grail of medicine. By reverse-engineering thousands of animal genomes, [[P.J. Colding|Colding's]] team has dialed back the evolutionary clock and re-created the progenitor of all mammals. The method? Illegal. The result? A computer-engineered living creature, an animal whose organs can be implanted in any person, with no chance of transplant rejection.

There's just one problem: these ancestors are not the docile herd animals that [[P.J. Colding|Colding's]] team envisioned. Instead, [[P.J. Colding|Colding's]] work has given birth to something big, something evil…something very, very hungry.

As creators become prey in an ultimate battle for survival, [[P.J. Colding|Colding]] and the woman he loves must fight to survive — even as government agents close in to shut the project down, and the deep-pocketed company backing this research reveals its own cold-blooded agenda.

==Character List==
{| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"
|colspan="2"|
===Genada Corporation Executives===
|- style="background: #ccc;"
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Name
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Information
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''[[Danté Paglione]]'''
|CEO of the Privately owned bio tech company [[Genada Corporation|Genada]]
|- style="background: #eee;"
|'''Bobby Valentine'''
|Danté Paglione’s private pilot
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''[[Magnus Paglione]]'''
|Head of Security; brother of Dante
|-
|colspan="2"|
===Scientists===
|- style="background: #ccc;"
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Name
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Information
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''[[Dr. Claus Rhumkorrf]]'''
|Head Geneticist
|- style="background: #eee;"
|'''[[Dr. Liu Jiandan (Jian)]]'''
|Bioinformatics scientist and genome specialist
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''[[Erika Hoel|Dr. Erika Hoel]]'''
|Geneticist specializing in extinct animals
|- style="background: #eee;"
|'''[[Tim Feely]]'''
|Assistant scientist
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''[[Galina Poriskova]]'''
|Assistant scientist
|-
|colspan="2"|
===Genada Corporation Security===
|- style="background: #ccc;"
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Name
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Information
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''[[P.J. Colding]]'''
|Head of [[Genada Corporation|Genada]] on site security; former CIA agent
|- style="background: #eee;"
|'''Andy Crosthwaite'''
|On site security guard; also known as “Andy the Asshole”
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''[[Gunther Jones]]'''
|On site security guard
|- style="background: #eee;"
|'''Brady Giovani'''
|On site security guard
|-
|colspan="2"|

===Genada C-5 Mobile Lab Flight Crew===
|- style="background: #ccc;"
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Name
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Information
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''[[Sara Purinam]]'''
|Captain & Pilot of the [[Wikipedia: C-5 Galaxy|C-5]] airplane contracted by [[Genada Corporation|Genada]]
|- style="background: #eee;"
|'''Alonzo Barella'''
|Co-Pilot
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''Harold Miller'''
|[[Wikipedia: C-5 Galaxy|C-5]] Crewmember; one half of “The Twins”
|- style="background: #eee;"
|'''Andre “Cappy” Capistrano'''
|[[Wikipedia: C-5 Galaxy|C-5]] Crewmember; other half of “The Twins”
|-
|colspan="2"|
===Black Manitou Locals===
|- style="background: #ccc;"
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Name
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Information
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''[[Clayton Detweiler]]'''
|Manager of the Black Manitou Island facility
|- style="background: #eee;"
|'''Gary Detweiler'''
|Clayton’s son
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''Sven Ballantine'''
|Farmer and owner of [[Mookie]] the dog
|- style="background: #eee;"
|'''[[James Harvey]]'''
|Farmer
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''[[Stephanie Harvey]]'''
|James Harvey's wife
|-
|colspan="2"|

===Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Agents===
|- style="background: #ccc;"
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Name
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Information
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''[[Murray Longworth]]'''
|Director of the [[Wikipedia: Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]]
|- style="background: #eee;"
|'''[[Paul Fischer (Ancestor)|Colonel Paul Fischer]]'''
|[[Wikipedia: Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] operative specializing in investigating transgenic companies; direct report to Longworth / Coldings former [[Wikipedia: Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] partner
|-
|colspan="2"|
===Miscelleanous===
|- style="background: #ccc;"
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Name
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Information
|- style="background: #fff;"
|'''[[Baby McButter]]'''
|Genetically created animal
|- style="background: #eee;"
|'''[[Baby Moos-A-Lot]]'''
|Genetically created animal
|}

==Portrayal of Science==
===Xenotransplantation===
The basis of the plot for Ancestor is the ongoing research to find the ultimate solution for growing animal organs with the intention of replacing failing human organs and supplementing the organ transplant shortage. The process of interspecies tissue transplantation is known as [[Wikipedia: Organ xenotransplantation|xenotransplantation]]. Specifically, xenotransplantation is the transplantation of cells, tissues, or organs occurring between species. In contrast, [[Wikipedia:Allotransplantation|allotransplantation]] is the transplantation of cells, tissues, and organs between members of the same species.

A great deal of scientific research is currently devoted to [[Wikipedia: Organ xenotransplantation|xenotransplantation]], driven by the worldwide shortage of organs available for transplantation.

====Rejection====
Immune rejection remains the biggest challenge for [[Wikipedia: Organ xenotransplantation|xenotransplantation]]. The problem exists even for human to human transplants (known as [[Wikipedia:Allotransplantation|allotransplantation]]), but is more serious for transplants between different species. Nearly all mammalian cells have markers which enable the immune system to recognize them as being foreign. The more different the genetic code between the donor organ and recipient, the greater the difference between a "self" marker and a "foreign" marker. Some companies are currently developing [[Wikipedia:Genetically modified organism|genetically modified or transgenic]] animals such as pigs that produce human markers to try and lessen the chance of rejection.

====Xenosis====
A secondary challenge of [[Wikipedia: Organ xenotransplantation|xenotransplantation]] is the potential for infectious disease to spread from the donor animal to the transplant recipient, effectively jumping species. This process is called [[Wikipedia: Organ_xenotransplantation#Xenosis|xenosis]] or [[Wikipedia: Zoonosis|zoonosis]]. The two major risks with [[Wikipedia: Organ_xenotransplantation#Xenosis|xenosis]] are:
* Infection in to the transplant recipient
* An infected transplant recipient initiating an epidemic in the human population

The novel revolves around scientists struggling to solve the problem of [[Wikipedia: Organ xenotransplantation|xenotransplantation]]. Scientists funded by the biotech firm [[Genada Corporation|Genada]] are able to recreate the ancestor of all mammals thereby getting back to the root of our creation. By achieving this, the corporation hopes to create an animal with human internal organs. However, the breakthrough in discovering the Ancestor doesn’t deliver the small, harmless creature envisioned, but rather a fast-growing evil mammal that nature eradicated 250 million years ago -- an evil now on the loose, and very, very hungry.

== Release Schedule ==
Similar to the author’s first book, [[EarthCore]], the book release of ''Ancestor'' followed a non-traditional path to print publication. The following timeline details the distribution lifecycle of the novel that culminated with the June 2010 print reboot. The [[Translations#Ancestor|Translations Page]] also provides a comprehensive listing of languages available for this novel.
{| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"
|-
|colspan="5"|
===Print===
|- style="background: #ccc;"
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Cover Art
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Edition
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Publisher
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Release Date
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Site
|- style="background: #fff;"
|[[Image:ancestor.jpg|center|thumb|75px]]
|1st Ed. Paperback (ISBN: 978-1-896944-73-9)
|U.S. Dragon Moon Press
|April 1, 2007
|[http://www.amazon.com/Ancestor-Scott-Sigler/dp/1896944736/ref=ed_oe_p Amazon.com U.S.]
|- style="background: #eee;"
|[[Image:ancestor.jpg|center|thumb|75px]]
|e-book Adobe File (.pdf) (ISBN: 978-1-896944-75-2)
|U.S. Dragon Moon Press
|March 2007
|''-''
|- style="background: #fff;"
|[[Image:Ancestor_HCUS.jpg|center|thumb|75px]]
|2st Ed. Hardcover (ISBN: 978-0-307406-33-0)
|U.S. Crown Publishng
|June 22, 2010
|[http://www.amazon.com/Ancestor-Novel-Scott-Sigler/dp/0307406334/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251254931&sr=8-1 Amazon.com U.S.]
|- style="background: #eee;"
|[[Image:AncestorCoverUK.jpg|center|thumb|75px]]
|2nd Ed. Paperback (ISBN: 9781444700947)
|U.K. Hodder & Stoughton, Ltd / John Murray
|April 1, 2010
|[http://www.bookdepository.com/book/9781444700947/Ancestor BookDepository.com U.K.]
|- style="background: #fff;"
|[[Image:Ancestor_Implantiert_Germany_Heyne.jpg|center|thumb|75px]]
|1st Ed. Paperback (ISBN: 978-3-453-43435-6)
|Heyne Verlag/Random House
|Nov 09, 2010
|[http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3453434358/ Amazon.de]
|- style="background: #fff;"
|colspan="5"|

===Audio===
|- style="background: #ccc;"
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;" colspan="2"|Edition
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Country
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Release Date
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Site
|- style="background: #fff;"
|colspan="2"|Serialized Podcast Audio book
|Worldwide (Internet)
|Sept 2005
|[http://www.podshows.com/title/ancestor Podshows.com]
|- style="background: #eee;"
|colspan="2"|Serialized Broadcast
|Sirius Satellite Radio
|2006
|[http://www.podshows.com/title/ancestor Podshows.com]
|- style="background: #fff;"
|colspan="2"|Serialized Podcast Audio book
|Worldwide (Internet)
|Aug 2006
|[http://www.podiobooks.com/title/ancestor Podiobooks.com]
|- style="background: #eee;"
|colspan="2"|Serialized Podcast Audio book
|Worldwide (Internet)
|June 2010
|[http://www.scottsigler.com/ scottsigler.com]
|}

==Promotional Efforts==
===Characters Named for Fans===
As with recent previous works, author this novel contains the names of fans appearing as some of the characters. The luckiest of the fans will also have their character die a horrific and untimely and death. The following link references a table dedicated to tracking these fan-named characters with indicators of which characters become victims.
*[http://www.scottsigler.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Fan_Characters:_Ancestor Ancestor Fan Character] page.

===Ancestor Book Tour===
Following the success previous book tours, author [[Scott Sigler]] is taking to the road again to promote the release of the novel ''Ancestor''. The following schedule is the confirmed tour dates and locations.
{| border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5"
|- style="background: #ccc;"
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Date
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|City, State
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Location
|- style="background: #fff;"
|2010 June 22
|New York, NY
|Borders Books & Music
|- style="background: #eee;"
|2010 June 23
|Boston, MA
|Pandemonium Books and Games
|- style="background: #fff;"
|2010 June 24
|Washington, D.C
|Borders Books & Music
|- style="background: #eee;"
|2010 June 25
|Dallas, TX
|Borders
|- style="background: #fff;"
|2010 June 26
|San Antonio, TX
|Borders at The Quarry
|- style="background: #fff;"
|2010 June 27
|Phoenix, AZ
|Changing Hands Book Store
|- style="background: #eee;"
|2010 June 28
|San Diego, CA
|Mysterious Galaxy
|- style="background: #fff;"
|2010 June 29
|Los Angeles, CA
|Book Soup
|- style="background: #eee;"
|2010 June 30
|San Francisco, CA
|Borders Union Square
|- style="background: #fff;"
|2010 July 5
|Portland, OR
|Powell's Books
|- style="background: #eee;"
|2010 July 6
|Seattle, WA
|Barnes & Noble University Village
|- style="background: #fff;"
|2010 July 7
|Denver, CO
|Tattered Cover Book Store
|- style="background: #eee;"
|2010 July 8
|Minneapolis, MN
|Magers & Quinn Booksellers
|- style="background: #fff;"
|2010 July 9
|Chicago, IL
|The Bookstall at Chestnut Court
|- style="background: #eee;"
|2010 July 10
|Detroit, MI
|Barnes & Noble Royal Oak
|- style="background: #fff;"
|2010 July 12
|Toronto, CAN
|World's Biggest Bookstore
|- style="background: #eee;"
|2010 July 14
|Mountain View, CA
|Books, Inc.
|- style="background: #fff;"
|2010 July 15
|San Mateo, CA
| "M" is for Mystery
|- style="background: #eee;"
|2010 July 20
|Corte Madera, CA
|Book Passage
|}

==Theme Music==
The 2010 re-released podcast version of ''Ancestor'' used the song ''Forever Infinity'' by the band [http://www.myspace.com/inthismoment In This Moment].
For a comprehensive list of music used in the podcast versions of [[Scott Sigler|Scott's]] works, refer to the ''[[Theme Music]]'' page.

==Episode Downloads==
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|- style="background: #ccc;"
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Episode Number
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Download Link
!style="border-right: #fff solid 1px;"|Podcast Date
|- style="background: #fff;"
|Episode 1
|[http://media.libsyn.com/media/scottsigler/01_ANCESTOR_Episode_1.mp3 Download]
|June 6, 2010
|- style="background: #eee;"
|Episode 2
|[http://media.libsyn.com/media/scottsigler/02_ANCESTOR_Episode_2.mp3 Download]
|June 13, 2010
|- style="background: #fff;"
|Episode 3
|[http://media.libsyn.com/media/scottsigler/03_ANCESTOR_Episode_3.mp3 Download]
|June 20, 2010
|- style="background: #eee;"
|Episode 4
|[http://media.libsyn.com/media/scottsigler/04_ANCESTOR_Episode_4.mp3 Download]
|June 22, 2010
|- style="background: #fff;"
|Episode 5
|[http://media.libsyn.com/media/scottsigler/05_ANCESTOR_Episode_5.mp3 Download]
|June 26, 2010
|}

==Differences in Versions==
===2007 to 2010 Versions===
====Fact Changes====
This section catalogs the differences between the intial paperback version of ''Ancestor'' and revamped re-released version published in hardcover in 2010.
*Sydney Chapman was renamed to [[Paul Fischer (Ancestor)|Col. Paul Fischer]] (USAMRIID)
*General Terry Pearcy renamed to General Evan Curry
*Novozyme Doctor in Greenland renamed from Dr Gunston to [[Pons Matal]]
*One of Genada's shell company named "FN Wallace" as a nod to Matt Wallace
*[[Galina Poriskova]] was a whistleblower disposed of by [[Magnus Paglione|Magnus]]
*Rory & Violet Sherwood renamed to [[James Harvey|James]] & [[Stephanie Harvey]]
*Sven's dog Pastie was renamed to immortalize [[Mookie]].
*References are made to the nuclear bomb detonated over Detroit, MI which happened at the end of ''[[Contagious]]''
*In the previous version, the cows were implanted with 1-3 blastocysts, whereas in the 2010 version, the cows are implanted with only 1 blastocyst
*Clayton helped a grieving Sven when Sven's wife died
*Hidden door to the security room was removed from the 2010 rewrite

====Character Changes====
*Dr Claudette Overgard was renamed to [[Erika Hoel|Dr Erika Hoel]]
*Changes made to [[Paul Stillwell (Dr. Teyshawn P. Anderson)|Paul Stillwell's]] character:
::*Renamed character to [[Tim Feely]]
::*While still an assistant scientist, the character is no longer a CIA plant under an assumed name.
::*[[Erika Hoel|Erika Hoel's]] character inherited the function of being a CIA mole with the motivation of revenge for unrequited love from [[Dr. Claus Rhumkorrf|Dr Rhumkorrf]].
*Changes made to [[P.J. Colding|P.J. Colding's]] character:
::*Wife Clarissa Colding died as a result of [[Paul Fischer (Ancestor)|Fischer's]] error, not from cancer
::*Knows [[Sara Purinam]] prior to the evacuation of the Baffin Island facility and there is definite dislike of [[P.J. Colding|Colding]] on [[Sara Purinam|Sara's]] part
*Changes made to Guther Jones' character:
::*Writes vampire romance novels rather than regular romance novels
::*Compares himself to Stephenie Meyer rather than Danielle Steele
::*Book names changed from ''Lost Innocence, Lost Loves, Lost Lust'' to ''Hot Dusk, Hot Evening, Hot Midnight''
*Changes made to [[Magnus Paglione|Magnus Paglione's]] character:
::*Does not kill all/any of the USAMRIID crew; only uses their arrival to kill the mole.
::*Previously had a masochist streak to his personality which involved cutting himself. This aspect of his personality was removed.
*Changes made to [[Dr. Liu Jiandan (Jian)|Jian's]] character:
::*In the 2010 version, [[Dr. Liu Jiandan (Jian)|Jian]] is a psychotic and hallucinating. She was taken from China with their blessings, promising to demonstrate to the world how advanced China was in science. This is different in contrast to the previous version where the investors were all private and [[P.J. Colding|Colding]] had played a large role in sneaking [[Dr. Liu Jiandan (Jian)|Jian]] out of China.
::*Because of the psychosis, [[Dr. Liu Jiandan (Jian)|Jian]] codes the ancestors as predators rather than docile animals, all in a subconscience effort to kill herself.

==See Also==
*[[Lunch Squad|Lunch Squad Interview]]
*[[Descendant]]

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 '''''Ancestor''''' is a [[Wikipedia: Thriller (genre)|thriller]] / [[Wikipedia: Horror fiction |horror]] [[Wikipedia: novel|novel]] by [[Wikipedia:United States|American]] author [[Scott Sigler]].  Originally released as a podcast audio book, it was first published in 2007 by Dragon Moon Press as a paperback edition.  The novel has since been reworked and was released on 22 June 2010 by Crown Publishing as a hardcover edition.  This is the second book by [[Scott Sigler]] that was initially distributed through a podcast and then released in print form, the first being his 2000 novel ''[[EarthCore]]''.

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