{"product_id":"lifers-9781684632763","title":"Lifers","description":"\u003cb\u003eElectric with compelling action and trenchant social commentary and perfect for fans of Nikki Erlick's \u003ci\u003eThe Measure\u003c\/i\u003e, this genre-straddling work of speculative fiction examines ageism from a new and challenging perspective.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the year 2050, the man known as Zinn is on the run from the consequences of his greatest creation: an artificial genome that wildly increases the human lifespan. His \"Methuselah gene\" has gone viral, and he's being hunted by Adele, a semi-retired CIA biowarfare specialist who hopes to find a way to reverse the genome's effects before it's too late. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the longevity plague spreads, populations explode, economies are upended, and intergenerational resentments boil over. Adele searches for a cure while her former lover, Dan Altman, and his wife, Marion, wealthy political operatives both, become leaders of a movement of hundred-plus-year-old \"lifers\" and fight to create a sanctuary for the ultra-aged in the wilds of Colorado. Meanwhile, the Altmans' son, Nolan, thinks he has the answer to the longevity crisis: a suicide pill that kills after one year, a death wish algorithm that will influence the super-aged to take it, and his beautiful daughter, Claire, who is a spokesperson for the growing anti-lifer backlash and the head of the federal government's new Department for Longevity Management. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining a hugely topical premise with a vein of social-political satire, \u003ci\u003eLifers\u003c\/i\u003e evokes a world where society's ingrained ageism turns lethal and the fear of death is replaced by the challenge of living on . . . and on.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sparkpress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684632763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328","brand":"Keith G. McWalter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44637722542261,"sku":"9781684632763","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_708c33f8-361e-4e74-935e-e6c7230ee286.jpg?v=1726582463","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lifers-9781684632763","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}