The Immortality Code

By: Douglas E. Richards

Narrated by: Dan Bittner

Length: 13 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

Allie Keane's breakthrough in quantum computing holds the key to unlocking eternity. But can she survive long enough to use it? A riveting science-fiction thriller from the million-copy NY Times best-selling author.

"Richards is a worthy successor to Michael Crichton." (SFBook.com)

When Allie Keane makes a revolutionary discovery in quantum computing, she kicks the ultimate hornets' nest. She doesn't know it, but a hidden battle for tech supremacy is raging around the world, and whoever controls her discovery will dominate the globe. Soon, Allie is being hunted by ruthless forces desperate to learn her secret, and only Zachary Reed, a gifted operative within a shadowy government agency, stands in their way.

But as extraordinary as Allie's breakthrough is, it holds the key to unleashing something far bigger. An unrelated technology thousands of years beyond current science. A staggering advance capable of bringing about a utopia, rewriting the laws of life and death, and helping humanity spread throughout the stars.

As long as it doesn't wipe out all life on Earth before that can happen....

The Immortality Code is a masterful thriller. One crammed with breakneck action, unexpected twists, mind-blowing science, and ethical dilemmas listeners will be contemplating long after they've heard the last word.

"Richards is an extraordinary writer", (Dean Koontz) who can "keep you turning the pages all night long". (Douglas Preston)

©2021 Douglas E. Richards (P)2021 Audible, Inc.

Another great book!!!

Douglas E. Richards has become one of my favorite “future tech” authors. This is another great plot which will open your eyes to a future of infinite possibilities.

Found it entertaining.

Fast moving struggle between good and many different evils. Richards makes future technology concepts blend with current human technology achievements fairly seamless.

Meh

reader is terrific -- story isn't believable even for someone who loves scifi, fiction and mystery tales.

Hoping for one sequel

Having enjoyed all of Douglas Richard’s books, this one was no exception. They are easy to consume while still being fun and keeping me engaged. I did guess a couple of the plot twists well ahead of time, but others not so easily. I think it has been set up for an excellent sequel and would love to see (hear) one.

Not my favorite

I'm a big fan. I've read all of Richard's books and look forward to the next. This one was a dud though. It was so derivative of his other books, almost formulary. Most of the book was them sitting and talking to each other, very little actually happened in the story.

loved the characters and the plot

longer than I would have liked but did enjoy the sci fi init and the twists and turns.

Engaging and Addictive

The story is engaging and it keeps a listener at the edge of their seat. As an added bonus, the lack of a lot of foul language makes it easier to listen to even with the teenagers

Enjoyable Sci-fi

Enjoyable Sci-fi. Liked the concept even if it is unatainable. It's fiction! It's meant to entertain. And for me it did. Narrator was a joy to listen to.

Engaging, inciteful, exploring techs ramifications

Engaging combination of technology and what would be the human and societal ramifications of this technology.

Too self satisfied for its own good

I really wanted to like this... But if you have read another of the author's books, you've already heard this one. He recycles key elements and archetypes from his other stories to an almost insulting degree if you, like me, have paid for more than one of his novels. Add in the same unrealistic, predictable, and forced seeming immediate romance of the two main characters (which are basically the same personas and backgrounds as his previous characters) intermittent gratuitous violence to distract from the overall lack of storyline, and then finish it off with hours of stiff, unnatural conversations that do little more than pontificate about the author's favorite fringe physics theories, and you've got this book. There is no real progression, no real closure, and honestly no satisfying point to this.

Save your money on this one, but read one of his other books if you haven't because he really does write about some interesting things. This one just feels like an unoriginal money grab.

The narrator does an excellent job.