Author: Christine Amsden
Genre: Science-Fiction, Dystopian
Series: N/A
Trade paperback, 270 pages
Published June 15, 2011 by Paladin Timeless Books
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Source: Author
Reading level: Age 14 and up
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In the mid-21st century, the human race stopped aging. Those who know why aren't talking, and the few who are brave enough to ask questions tend to disappear. To an elite few, The Change means long life and health, but to the increasing masses, it means starvation, desperation, and violence.Four centuries after The Change, Grace Harper, a blacklisted P.I., sets off on a mission to find the man responsible for it all and solicit his help to undo The Change - if he's still alive. To complicate matters, Grace's employer is suspected of murdering his father, and when the police learn of their connection, they give her a choice - help them find the evidence they need to convict Matthew Stanton, or die. But if they discover Grace's true mission, they won't hesitate to kill her in order to protect their shot at immortality.
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What would it be like if we were given the chance to be a
step closer to immortality? In Mrs. Amsden’s science fiction/dystopian
thriller, readers get to explore that possibility where our main character
Grace Harper lives in the world where no one ages. Grace is a 130 year old black-listed private
investigator, but she doesn’t look a day older than 25 years old. The totalitarian
government is a world in which no one wants to live in, the older timers (those
who were already old before the change) rule/high society while everyone else
makes the low class, scrounging for food or nutri-bars. Grace Harper is hired by Matthew Stanton to
help him find a man that hasn’t been located for almost 400 years to clear his
name in his father’s murder. While on the other side, The Establishment
(government) wants Grace to help them prove Matthew Stanton is the killer.
Grace has three days to find the answers, but she doesn’t know which side to be
on….because between Matthew Stanton and The Establishment…it would be helping
the lesser of two evils.
The Immortality Virus
was a breath of fresh air in the sea of my usual paranormal books; I haven’t
read a great science fiction novel in a while…so it was a nice change of book scenery
LOL. The action and suspense started immediately in the first chapter, where
Grace learns why she was called in by the richest man in Kansas. The pacing was
usually on point, but kind of bogged down in the middle when Grace arrives at
the farm (slave-like camps) and didn’t really hold my interest much but once
readers passed those farm scenes it got interesting again. Grace was a very
likeable character, she strong, independent and isn’t afraid to speak her mind.
There were two love interests in the book for Grace, but the romance was almost
nonexistent in the book, while the book focused more on the main plot. I don’t
know if this is a series or not but the book ended on a cliff hanger. There’s a
likely chance that there will be another book in the series, since there are
still a lot of unsolved problems. Overall this was a great science
fiction/dystopian novel, and I highly recommend it to everyone who is looking
for a new book to read. The Immortality
Virus will appeal to all genre readers, whether it is science fiction,
dystopian, fantasy, mystery, or contemporary fiction.
**Thank you Christine for sending me a copy of this book for review**
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