The Postmortal
• Finalist for the Philip K. Dick and Arthur C. Clarke Awards •
The gripping first novel by Drew Magary, author of The Hike and The Night the Lights Went Out
"An exciting page turner. . . . Drew Magary is an excellent writer. The Postmortal is . . . even more terrifying than zombie apocalypse." — Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing
John Farrell is about to get "The Cure."
Old age can never kill him now.
The only problem is, everything else still can . . .
Imagine a near future where a cure for aging is discovered and-after much political and moral debate-made available to people worldwide. Immortality, however, comes with its own unique problems-including evil green people, government euthanasia programs, a disturbing new religious cult, and other horrors. Witty, eerie, and full of humanity, The Postmortal is an unforgettable thriller that envisions a pre-apocalyptic world so real that it is completely terrifying.
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Set in a handful of years from now, a cure for aging is found and the world is split between the pros and cons of it all. New rules and laws for postmortals are set. Lives are upheaved, countries go to war within themselves. The author Magary strikes a mark at all the political issues that ensue, the things that are currently happening as we speak, it felt like reading what happens to humanity in real-time.
Magary gets you hooked right from the start, making you want to know more, you get invested in the main character's life and it's a hard one to put down. A glimpse into our near feature? Oh, the possibilities of gene manipulation and the effects and un/seen consequences are things worth knowing.