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A mile and a half below the surface of the Pacific Ocean and frightened of the dark, scientist Hal Cousins is looking for the fountain of youth.

Hal is in longevity research for the long haul. Modified genes already swarm in his own body, experimentally. He’s funded by ‘Angels’ – rich businessmen keen to live a thousand years.

But then the pilot of his sub goes suddenly berserk before killing himself. Hal barely survives. Five other scientists in related fields die violently in the space of a week. Back on the surface, Hal discovers a trail of death stretching back over decades, from Stalin’s Russia to present-day Manhattan. Have his researches triggered a new epidemic of murder by superbly trained killers…?

A vivid and terrifying scientific thriller from worldwide bestselling author Greg Bear.