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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Harpercollins Pub Ltd
Publication date
September 1, 2003
Pages
352
Binding
Paperback
Edition
New
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780007129751
ISBN-10
0007129750
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$18.60
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Scientist Hal Cousins is close to discovering the key to immortality but someone has already found it and will kill him to keep it secret. After a string of violent deaths, Hal discovers a trail stretching back over decades, from Stalin's Russia to contemporary Manhattan.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Scientist Hal Cousins is close to discovering the key to immortality but someone has already found it and will kill him to keep it secret. Vitals is a tense technothriller in the best Michael Crichton tradition.A mile and a half below the surface of the Pacific Ocean, scientist Hal Cousins, frightened of the dark and no friend of God, is looking for the fountain of youth. The Nobel Prize doesn't interest him. Hal is in longevity research for the long haul, the really long haul. 'Angels' (rich businessmen keen to live a thousand years) fund him. Hal finds what he is searching for: xenos, the single-celled tramps of the sea floor, each one as big as a clenched fist. But then the pilot of his sub goes berserk. Hal barely survives; the xenos don't. The pilot kills himself. Five other scientists in related fields die violently in the space of a week. Hal discovers a trail of death stretching back over decades, from Stalin's Russia to present-day Manhattan. Another epidemic of murder by superbly trained killers has been triggered by what Hal nearly discovered...From the bottom of Russia's Lake Baikal to a billionaire's bionic house built into the cliffs of the Californian seashore, from the darkest days of the reign of Joseph Stalin in Russia to the capitalist free-for-all of modern America, the edge of immortality is the most dangerous place to be.
Editions
Hardcover
from Del Rey (January 1, 2002)
9780345435286 | details & prices | 356 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 1.60 lbs | List price $24.95
About: Scientist Hal Cousins suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of shocking revelations, murder, and betrayal after his discovery of the key to immortality, which puts everyone on Earth at the mercy of one man's diabolical master plan.
About: Scientist Hal Cousins suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of shocking revelations, murder, and betrayal after his discovery of the key to immortality, which puts everyone on Earth at the mercy of one man's diabolical master plan.
Paperback
from Harpercollins Pub Ltd (May 7, 2010)
9780007379248 | details & prices | 352 pages | List price $21.15
from Harpercollins Pub Ltd (June 1, 2009)
9780007335305 | details & prices | 352 pages | List price $13.80
About: Blending fierce, fast plots with vivid characters and mind-bending ideas, Greg Bear has mastered a powerful alchemy of suspense, science, and action in his gripping thrillers.
About: Blending fierce, fast plots with vivid characters and mind-bending ideas, Greg Bear has mastered a powerful alchemy of suspense, science, and action in his gripping thrillers.
The price comparison is for this edition
New edition from Harpercollins Pub Ltd (September 1, 2003)
9780007129751 | details & prices | 352 pages | List price $18.60
About: Scientist Hal Cousins is close to discovering the key to immortality but someone has already found it and will kill him to keep it secret.
About: Scientist Hal Cousins is close to discovering the key to immortality but someone has already found it and will kill him to keep it secret.
Reprint edition from Ballantine Books (April 1, 2003)
9780345423344 | details & prices | 416 pages | 4.00 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $7.99
About: When his life is threatened, scientist Hal Cousins suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of shocking revelations, murder, and betrayal due to his discovery of the key to immortality, which puts everyone on Earth at the mercy of one man's diabolical master plan.
About: When his life is threatened, scientist Hal Cousins suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of shocking revelations, murder, and betrayal due to his discovery of the key to immortality, which puts everyone on Earth at the mercy of one man's diabolical master plan.
Cassette/Spoken Word
With Jeff Woodman (other contributor) |
Abridged edition from Random House (January 1, 2002)
9780553714951 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $25.00
About: Scientist Hal Cousins suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of shocking revelations, murder, and betrayal after his discovery of the key to immortality, which puts everyone on Earth at the mercy of one man's diabolical master plan.
About: Scientist Hal Cousins suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of shocking revelations, murder, and betrayal after his discovery of the key to immortality, which puts everyone on Earth at the mercy of one man's diabolical master plan.
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