Review: Immortality...Is it Worth it?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 17, 2012
This was an awesome action adventure, sci-fi, mystery thriller read.  My breath was held in spots; I felt the pain of the heroine, Grace Harper.  She was definitely someone I could relate to.  Not rich, but not the bottom of society's crop either.  Rather cynical about why people would continue to bring children into this world that no longer aged and died by natural means.  Food was scarce for the growing throng of people and was fed by nutribars.  Real food was at a premium and work was scarce.  Grace had been blacklisted by the establishment when she killed a cop attempting to commit a rape.  Blacklisted and out of work, her captain did give her a card that helped her get established as a Private Investigator.Grace was prepared to have no children.  She didn't believe in God.  She did not believe in love, although she had spent fifty of her 130 years with Sam.  She believed the old way was the best, let nature take the aged when it was their time.  Living forever appeared to have it's disadvantages.  However, she kept that last bit to herself.  You didn't want to get labelled for believing that way.She is hired by Matt Stanton at Medicorp.  He wanted her to bring in Jordan Lacklin, who invented the immortality virus.  Matt claimed Jordan could prove his innocence in the claim Matt had killed his father.  Now like me, anything that could go wrong for our heroine did.  The first thing is encountering her Ex, Sam as he is Matt's right arm man.  The second is being sentenced to farm work once, she contacts Jordan's grandchildren, Alexander, Margaret, and Carl Lacklin.  She is tortured.  She eventually finds out, information has been withheld from her, she encounters  the Sewer Rats and things get foul real quick and there is positively no one to trust except possibly, Alexander and Meg.  Grace's search for Jordan challenged every belief and non belief she possessed.Characters were very well developed and the pace of the story was captivating!  I think the world the author created is  one in which no one would ever want to live in...hope that stays between the pages of the book!  If you want action, it's here!  Want adventure?  Take it at your own risk!  Want sci-fi?  It's right here.  Mystery thriller...oh yeah!  A touch of romance?  Just a bit.  The ending is satisfactory.  This could be a stand alone read or could go into a series? who knows.  But the ending doesn't not leave you hanging.  Thank you Christine!  I loved your story and especially the heroine Grace!  A Very satisfying read.