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Vitals by Greg Bear (2003, Mass Market)

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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group

ISBN-100345423348

ISBN-139780345423344

eBay Product ID (ePID)2554231

Product Key Features

Book TitleVitals

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / General, Science Fiction / General

Publication Year2003

GenreFiction

AuthorGreg Bear

FormatMass Market

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight7.2 Oz

Item Length6.9 in

Item Width4.2 in

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Reviews"Terrifying . . . Not only does Greg Bear keep you guessing, he keeps you thinking. He is a master at turning a scientific concept into a crackling good thriller." TESS GERRITSEN Author of The Surgeon "Astonishing. I was blown away by its ferocious intelligence, astounding research and insight, and terrifying logic. Vitals is the ultimate conspiracy theory. Vitals is the future of the thriller, and a thriller of our future: Vitals is biotech noir. Read it with the light on. Prepare not to sleep easy." STEPHEN BAXTER Author of Manifold: Time From the Hardcover edition.

Dewey Edition21

Dewey DecimalFIC

SynopsisBlending fierce, fast plots with vivid characters and mind-bending ideas, Greg Bear has mastered a powerful alchemy of suspense, science, and action in his gripping thrillers. Darwin's Radio was hailed across the country as one of the best books of the year. His newest novel, Vitals , begins with a harrowing descent to a netherworld at the very bottom of the seaand then explodes to the surface in sheer terror. Hal Cousins is one of a handful of scientists nearing the most sought after discovery in human history: the key to short-circuiting the aging process. Fueled by a wealth of research, an overdose of self-confidence, and the money of influential patrons to whom he makes outrageous promises, Hal experiments with organisms living in the hot thermal plumes in the ocean depths. But as he journeys beneath the sea, his other world is falling apart. Across the country, scientists are being inexplicably murderedincluding Hal's identical twin brother, who is also working to unlock the key to immortality. Hal himself barely eludes a cold-blooded attack at sea, and when he returns home to Seattle, he finds himself walking into an eerie realm where voices speak to him from the dead . . . where a once-brilliant historian turned crackpot is leading him on a deadly game of hide-and-seek . . . and where the beautiful, rich widow of his twin is more than willing to pick up the pieces of Hal's lifeand take him places he's never been before. Suddenly Hal is trapped inside an ever-twisting maze of shocking revelations. For he is not the first person to come close to ending aging foreverand those who came before him will stop at nothing to keep the secret to themselves. Now every person on earth is at risk of being made an unsuspecting player in one man's spectacular and horrifying master plan. From the bottom of Russia's Lake Baikal to a billionaire's bionic house built into the cliffs of the Washington seashore, from the darkest days of World War II and the reign of Josef Stalin to the capitalist free-for-all that is the United States, Vitals tells an astounding tale of the most unimaginable scientific secret of allexposed by the quest for immortality itself . . . From the Hardcover edition.