In the year 2050, the man known as Zinn is on the run from the consequences of his greatest creation: an artificial genome that wildly increases the human lifespan. His “Methuselah gene” has gone viral, and he’s being hunted by Adele, a semi-retired CIA biowarfare specialist who hopes to find a way to reverse the genome’s effects before it’s too late.

As the longevity plague spreads, populations explode, economies are upended, and intergenerational resentments boil over. Adele searches for a cure while her former lover, Dan Altman, and his wife, Marion, wealthy political operatives both, become leaders of a movement of hundred-plus-year-old “lifers” and fight to create a sanctuary for the ultra-aged in the wilds of Colorado. Meanwhile, the Altmans’ son, Nolan, thinks he has the answer to the longevity crisis: a suicide pill that kills after one year, a death wish algorithm that will influence the super-aged to take it, and his beautiful daughter, Claire, who is a spokesperson for the growing anti-lifer backlash and the head of the federal government’s new Department for Longevity Management.

Combining a hugely topical premise with a vein of social-political satire, Lifers evokes a world where society’s ingrained ageism turns lethal and the fear of death is replaced by the challenge of living on . . . and on.

I really loved this under the radar, speculative fiction / biomedical thriller focusing on ageism and genetics after “the Methuselah gene” causes a longevity plague.

i was really interested about the premise of this book and i enjoyed my time with it. it felt nice to pick up a sci-fi book like this after some time. i enjoyed both the writing and the pacing. can’t deny the fact that it was a little weird to read about the pandemic in a book

A very interesting and fascinating thought experiment which answers the question: what happens when people stop dying.
It talks about all the ways this would impact our lives and how people go about their life. We follow a group of people who are all connected throughout the story, as they go through the new status quo. 4/5 stars

Well written thriller that could use slightly more editing but the pacing was well done and the concept unique. I enjoyed the book and would read more from the author.

Keith G. McWalter wrote this perfectly, it had everything that I was hoping for and enjoyed what I read.This was a beautifully done scifi novel, it uses everything that I was hoping for and enjoyed the way the story unfolded. The characters had that overall feel that I wanted and enjoyed the way they used the satire element to the advantage.

Very interesting futuristic read full of philosophical thoughts and what-ifs! It'll definitely make you think deeply and take a look at your own life/where you want to go.