Royal Chemistry by Ian Watson

Royal Chemistry by Ian WatsonRoyal Chemistry is a science fiction novel about the long-lost human genome, and how it came to be in the center of a complex and dangerous system. The novel takes place in the near future, with a woman called Tanya as the main character. In this new world, people have a genetic record that tells them about their genetic history.However, humanity's genetic code was replaced by another system known as Royal DNA. People with royal DNA will always have a portion of their genetic code that shows that they are of royal blood. It is this part of their genetic code that powers the workings of the Royal Chemistry.The futuristic world is ruled by the Farsighted Council. Their primary goal is to restore the world back to its former glory. They have a variety of high-tech weapons that they use to destroy any kind of disease, such as cancer. But there is something else: the secret of the royal gene.One day, an ancient professor decided to try and find the human genet ic code by doing the impossible. He traveled through time using a very expensive time travel machine. However, the machine malfunctioned and he got trapped in a time-loop.In this time-looping machine, the professor was able to send his consciousness to the future and back again and experiment on it. However, because the professor knew too much about the Royal DNA, the machine became infected by his DNA. Thus, the system developed.In this new society, it is forbidden to read books about Royal Chemistry. In order to access the system, one must be inducted into the military. A young man called General Spencer takes on the challenge and goes on the mission of finding the genetic code.Spencer is trying to escape the system in which he has been indoctrinated and understand the inner workings of it. He wants to put his personality and ethics aside and only use the technology to solve the problems of mankind. This is not an easy task and a lot of things happen to him. At the end of the book , however, Spencer discovers the lost royal gene, and the system works correctly.