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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Del Rey
Publication date
January 1, 2002
Pages
356
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780345435286
ISBN-10
0345435281
Dimensions
1.25 by 6.50 by 9.50 in.
Weight
1.60 lbs.
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Publisher Out of Stock Indefinitely
Original list price
$24.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
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.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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. Darwinâs Radio was hailed across the country as one of the best books of the year. His newest novel, Vitals, begins with a harrowing descent to a netherworld at the very bottom of the seaâand then explodes to the surface in sheer terror.
Hal Cousins is one of a handful of scientists nearing the most sought after discovery in human history: the key to short-circuiting the aging process. Fueled by a wealth of research, an overdose of self-confidence, and the money of influential patrons to whom he makes outrageous promises, Hal experiments with organisms living in the hot thermal plumes in the ocean depths. But as he journeys beneath the sea, his other world is falling apart.
Across the country, scientists are being inexplicably murderedâincluding Halâs identical twin brother, who is also working to unlock the key to immortality. Hal himself barely eludes a cold-blooded attack at sea, and when he returns home to Seattle, he finds himself walking into an eerie realm where voices speak to him from the dead . . . where a once-brilliant historian turned crackpot is leading him on a deadly game of hide-and-seek . . . and where the beautiful, rich widow of his twin is more than willing to pick up the pieces of Halâs lifeâand take him places heâs never been before.
Suddenly Hal is trapped inside an ever-twisting maze of shocking revelations. For he is not the first person to come close to ending aging foreverâand those who came before him will stop at nothing to keep the secret to themselves. Now every person on earth is at risk of being made an unsuspecting player in one manâs spectacular and horrifying master plan.
From the bottom of Russiaâs Lake Baikal to a billionaireâs bionic house built into the cliffs of the Washington seashore, from the darkest days of World War II and the reign of Josef Stalin to the capitalist free-for-all that is the United States, Vitals tells an astounding tale of the most unimaginable scientific secret of allâexposed by the quest for immortality itself . . .
Hal Cousins is one of a handful of scientists nearing the most sought after discovery in human history: the key to short-circuiting the aging process. Fueled by a wealth of research, an overdose of self-confidence, and the money of influential patrons to whom he makes outrageous promises, Hal experiments with organisms living in the hot thermal plumes in the ocean depths. But as he journeys beneath the sea, his other world is falling apart.
Across the country, scientists are being inexplicably murderedâincluding Halâs identical twin brother, who is also working to unlock the key to immortality. Hal himself barely eludes a cold-blooded attack at sea, and when he returns home to Seattle, he finds himself walking into an eerie realm where voices speak to him from the dead . . . where a once-brilliant historian turned crackpot is leading him on a deadly game of hide-and-seek . . . and where the beautiful, rich widow of his twin is more than willing to pick up the pieces of Halâs lifeâand take him places heâs never been before.
Suddenly Hal is trapped inside an ever-twisting maze of shocking revelations. For he is not the first person to come close to ending aging foreverâand those who came before him will stop at nothing to keep the secret to themselves. Now every person on earth is at risk of being made an unsuspecting player in one manâs spectacular and horrifying master plan.
From the bottom of Russiaâs Lake Baikal to a billionaireâs bionic house built into the cliffs of the Washington seashore, from the darkest days of World War II and the reign of Josef Stalin to the capitalist free-for-all that is the United States, Vitals tells an astounding tale of the most unimaginable scientific secret of allâexposed by the quest for immortality itself . . .
Editions
Hardcover
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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.
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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