Longevity

Longevity is a fable disguised as a medical thriller that ponders the justification for extending human life by thirty years. The tone, however, is light-hearted, even though murder, mayhem, misdirection, and decapitation inhabit Longevity's pages.

The author tosses his main characters into deep holes and finds imaginative ways to extricate them. Lucy Mendoza leads the Longevity project, a medical research team tasked with testing an enzyme that seems to help healthy cells live longer. The trials to extend human life are promising, and others take notice.

For several reasons, the federal government, a major pharmaceutical company, and a billionaire investor want the project to fail. To obtain that objective, they have no qualms about eliminating the leader, Lucy. Grant Duran, who left her at the altar, arrives. He's a former Marine special ops officer who's lost a hand and is now a molecular biologist.

He thwarts the first attempt on Lucy's life, but as dead bodies accumulate and Lucy and Grant struggle to save themselves, they begin to wonder whether the Longevity project should survive.