{"id":130,"date":"2010-04-28T13:46:51","date_gmt":"2010-04-28T19:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2025-05-18T14:03:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T19:03:40","slug":"tiv","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=130","title":{"rendered":"The Immortality Virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CYB12JWD?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_ZTBZP0CRXZZ0JR6PHYG9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Immortality-VirusWebsite-642x1024.jpg\" alt=\"The Immortality Virus Cover\" class=\"wp-image-5586\" style=\"width:355px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Immortality-VirusWebsite-642x1024.jpg 642w, https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Immortality-VirusWebsite-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Immortality-VirusWebsite-768x1225.jpg 768w, https:\/\/christineamsden.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/The-Immortality-VirusWebsite.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>The Immortality Virus<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>In&nbsp;the mid-21st century, the human race stopped aging. Those who know&nbsp;why aren&#8217;t talking, and the few who are brave enough to ask questions tend to disappear. To an elite few, The Change&nbsp;means long life and health, but to the&nbsp;ever-increasing masses, it means starvation, desperation, and violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four centuries later, Grace Harper, blacklisted private eye, sets off on a mission to find the man responsible for it all and solicit his help to undo The Change\u2014if he&#8217;s still alive. To complicate matters, Grace&#8217;s employer is suspected of murdering his father, and when the police learn of their connection, they give her a choice\u2014help them find the evidence they need to convict Matthew Stanton, or die. But if they discover Grace&#8217;s true mission, they won&#8217;t hesitate to kill her in order to preserve their shot at immortality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Buy Now exclusively on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" style=\"font-size: revert; font-weight: revert;\" href=\"https:\/\/a.co\/d\/4dwzsMa\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WINNER of the 2012 Epic Ebook Award for Science Fiction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WINNER of the 2011 Global Ebook Award for Science Fiction<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FINALIST in The Next Generation Indie Book Awards for Science Fiction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Immortality Virus In&nbsp;the mid-21st century, the human race stopped aging. Those who know&nbsp;why aren&#8217;t talking, and the few who are brave enough to ask questions tend to disappear. To an elite few, The Change&nbsp;means long life and health, but to the&nbsp;ever-increasing masses, it means starvation, desperation, and violence. 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