A wild blend of sci-fi, speculative fiction, thriller, and then – what it really means to be human, with a hefty dose of futuristic visions – made to make you look back at who you are now and who you used to be.

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.