The Immortalist: A Sci-fi Thiriller
- Author: Scott Britz
- Narrator: Cassandra Campbell
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 13:54:13
Synopsis
For fans of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton comes a medical thriller that melds cutting-edge science with ripped-from-the-headlines terror. What happens when a new immortality drug leads to an explosive outbreak of a deadly virus that, if not contained, could wipe out humanity once and for all?
World-renowned virologist Dr. Cricket Rensselaer-Wright abruptly abandoned her research in Africa after watching her colleague die tragically from the Ebola virus. When she returns to the States to reunite with her teenage daughter Emmy, her plans are sidetracked. No sooner does she set foot on the campus of Acadia Springs—the research institute where she grew up and Emmy now lives—than her onetime mentor Charles Gifford announces his discovery of the Methuselah Vector, a gene therapy agent that can confer immortality on a patient after a single injection.
Gifford’s air of triumph is marred when a young woman on campus dies suddenly from a horrific viral infection, eerily similar to the Ebola that drove Cricket out of Africa. Despite Cricket’s pleas to slow down the rollout of the Vector and run more tests, Gifford refuses. And when the unthinkable happens—when Emmy falls ill with the same mysterious disease—Cricket is forced to take matters into her own hands. But is it already too late?
Gifford will stop at nothing to release the Vector into the world. Mobs are clamoring for it. Cricket has only a few hours to find a cure for Emmy, and to convince the public that Gifford’s quest for eternal life may cost the very lives he hopes to save.
Chapters
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TheImmortalist 01 Title
Duration: 33s -
TheImmortalist 02 Monday Ch1
Duration: 11min -
TheImmortalist 03 Monday Ch2
Duration: 15min -
TheImmortalist 04 Monday Ch3
Duration: 25min -
TheImmortalist 05 Monday Ch4
Duration: 16min -
TheImmortalist 06 Monday Ch5
Duration: 12min -
TheImmortalist 07 Monday Ch6
Duration: 39min -
TheImmortalist 08 Monday Ch7
Duration: 17min -
TheImmortalist 09 Monday Ch8
Duration: 37min -
TheImmortalist 10 Monday Ch9
Duration: 16min -
TheImmortalist 11 Monday Ch10
Duration: 11min -
TheImmortalist 12 Monday Ch11
Duration: 15min -
TheImmortalist 13 Tuesday Ch1
Duration: 18min -
TheImmortalist 14 Tuesday Ch2
Duration: 07min -
TheImmortalist 15 Tuesday Ch3
Duration: 20min -
TheImmortalist 16 Tuesday Ch4
Duration: 10min -
TheImmortalist 17 Tuesday Ch5
Duration: 10min -
TheImmortalist 18 Tuesday Ch6
Duration: 15min -
TheImmortalist 19 Tuesday Ch7
Duration: 16min -
TheImmortalist 20 Tuesday Ch8
Duration: 15min