The Postmortal A Novel [Paperback]

• Finalist for the Philip K. Dick and Arthur C. Clarke Awards •
 
The gripping first novel by Drew Magary,Deadspincolumnist,GQcorrespondent, and author ofThe Hike

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 Postmortalis an unforgettable thriller that envisions a pre-apocalyptic world so real that it is completely terrifying.“Unnerving. . . . An absorbing picture of dawning apocalypse. . . . A disturbing portrait of a society convinced it’s close to utopia when a cure for aging is invented. Unsurprisingly, it doesn’t take long for that seeming utopia to dissolve into a planet-overstressed from overpopulation, food and fuel shortages, and general lawlessness-going into systemic failure. . . .The Postmortalis a suitably chilling entry into the ‘it's-the-end-of-the-world’ canon.”
—The Austin Chronicle

“Magary’s vision of future technology and science is eerily realistic. . . . By the time you finish, you’ll want to hold your loved ones close and stockpile bottles of water. If all else fails, you could potentially make a living selling them a few decades from now.”
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