A man known as Hubert, Etc. finds he has no place in society except among the dregs of disaffected youth who party all night and heap scorn on those taking the morning commute. Falling in with Natalie, an ultrarich heiress escaping her...
Immortalism
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Author:Doctorow, CorySummary: -
Author:Harkness, DeborahSummary:From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches, a novel about what it takes to become a vampire. On the battlefields of the American Revolution, Matthew de Clermont meets Marcus MacNeil, a young surgeon from...
- Author:Due, TananariveSummary:
After the disappearance of her immortal husband David, Jessica Jacobs-Wolde must come to terms with the healing blood David gave to her and their daughter Fana. As Fana's powers grow, mother and daughter are swept into an epic...
- Author:Nelson, ColleenSummary:
An exhilarating urban fantasy about a seventeen-year-old girl who's haunted by circus performers from 100 years ago. Fans of YA circus novels such as Caravaland Daughter of the Burning Citywill love Frankie's story of overcoming...
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Author:Farland, DavidSummary:Prince Gaborn has defeated the forces arrayed against him before, but now there must be final confrontations, both on the field of battle and underground, where the Reavers dwell and the sorcerous One True Master lies in wait--in the...
- Author:Schwab, V. E.Summary:
"[Narrator Julia] Whelan's performance is unforgettable in this darkly romantic fantasy about one young woman cursed always to be forgotten...Her depiction of the darkness is smooth with a low cadence, capturing listeners...
- Author:Hogan, Chuck, Toro, Guillermo delSummary:
Odessa Hardwicke's life is derailed when she is forced to turn her gun on her partner, a decorated FBI agent who suddenly turns inexplicably violent. The shooting, justified by self-defense, shakes the young FBI agent to her core,...
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Author:Stanton, SteveSummary:Zakariah Davis and his wife Mia are among those infected with an alien virus that vastly prolongs life, and their blood has become a black-market staple due to its rejuvenating effects. Their teenage son Rix does not carry the Eternal...
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Author:Stanton, SteveSummary:In a post-cyberpunk future, where global economic activity is carried out in a virtual-gaming realm, a new blood-transmitted virus has become a black-market staple due to its temporary rejuvenating effects, forcing infected 'Eternals'...
- Author:Sisti, SebastianSummary:
These philosophical essays draw their logic from the principle of continuity. Simply stated, the principle of continuity consists of three axioms: (a) Nothing cannot become something; (b) Something cannot become nothing; (c) Something...
- Author:Due, TananariveSummary:
When Hilton was a boy, his grandmother sacrificed her life to save him from drowning. Thirty years later, he begins to suspect that he was never meant to survive, and that dark forces are working to rectify that mistake.
- Author:MacLeod, Ian R.Summary:
"A man lies half-drowned on a Cornish beach at dawn in the furthest days of this century. The old woman discovers him, once a famous concert violinist, is close to death herself - or a new kind of life she can barely contemplate. Does...
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Author:Stanton, SteveSummary:The thrilling conclusion of the Bloodlight Chronicles trilogy. Set in a world where global economic activity is carried out in a virtual-gaming realm, a blood-transmitted virus with rejuvenating effects has become a black-...
- Author:Findley, TimothySummary:
Ageless. Sexless. Deathless. Timeless. Pilgrim is a man who cannot die, an astounding character in a novel of the cataclysmic contest between creation and destruction. Pilgrim is Timothy Findley’s latest masterwork, a finalist...
- Author:Due, TananariveSummary:
Bound to marry a murderous fellow immortal who is predicted to trigger an apocalypse, telepathic healer Fana works with the Life Brothers to eliminate disease throughout the world while struggling to escape her unwanted marriage.
- Author:Due, TananariveSummary:
Jessica believes she has it all -- a loving husband, a wonderful daughter and a rising career as a Miami Herald reporter. David, her husband, is a master of languages, history and jazz music. But unbeknownst to Jessica, he is also 500...
- Author:Duvall, DianneSummary:
La Dre Melanie Lipton connaît bien le surnaturel. Elle connaît les immortels mieux qu'ils ne se connaissent eux-mêmes, jusqu'au niveau de leurs petits gènes rebelles. Alors, même si un immortel séduisant et sauvage...
- Author:Shermer, MichaelSummary:
Founder of The Skeptics Society explores the intersection of science and religion through the lens of an examination of humans' fascination with the afterlife. Topics covered include mortal experiences and immortal quests, the...
- Author:Rushdie, SalmanSummary:
Flapping Eagle is a young Axona Indian gifted with immortal life after drinking an elixir from his wayward sister. But after 777 years of sailing the world’s seas, he becomes weary of life, and sets out to find the mystical Calf Island...
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Author:Musgrave, SusanSummary:The characters from Susan Musgrave’s A Cargo of Orchids are back in this brilliantly engaging novel. Rainy, the Mexican-American woman, and Frenchy, the African-American, along with Musgrave’s narrator X have returned and convincingly...
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