In the bowels of the derelict ship, surrounded by horrors and dead men, Sean slowly uncovers the truth of what happened on the ship, in its final days. The Ministers, mysterious undying aliens that have ruled over humanity for centuries, want the data - as does The Republic, humanity's last free government. It includes enemies-to-Friends and Found Family tropes. It's a meaty story that's a page-turner- I couldn't put it down.

Data connected to the Philosopher's Stone experiments, into unlocking the secrets of immortality.Īnd he's not the only one looking for the derelict ship. THE IMMORTALITY THIEF has wit and laughter, Big Themes, fabulous characters, subtle and well-developed relationships, lots of thought-provoking science, and loads of plot twists and turns. Refugee, criminal and linguist Sean Wren is made an offer he knows he can't refuse: life in prison, 'voluntary' military service - or salvaging data in a long-dead language from an abandoned ship filled with traps and monsters, just days before it's destroyed in a supernova. But there are secrets there, terrible secrets that would change the fate of humanity, and eventually someone will come looking. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley community to discover, request, read, and review. She works in theatre in New York, where she lives with her partner and their increasingly round cat. NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals.

If she could have a swordfight aboard a spaceship, she would. She studied physics in college and loves languages. Far off the edge of human existence, beside a dying star lies a nameless ship abandoned and hidden, lost for a millennium. Taran Hunt is the author of The Immortality Thief.

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