The Immortals - Softcover

Hickman, Tracy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1931567654 ISBN 13: 9781931567657

Publisher: Margaret Weis Productions, 2008

Synopsis

In the not-too-distant future the United States is ravaged by disease and stifled by martial law. With whole cities succumbing to a lethal virus known as V-CIDS, the panicked authorities take the drastic action of herding the infected into specially designed internment camps. Into one of these prisons stumbles Michael Barris, a wealthy interactive-television mogul with a controversial past. He is searching for his sick son, spending his fortune and his future for answers. What he finds is a carefully-guarded nightmare - one that he helped create. As Barris struggles to survive in this shadowy world, he comes to understand that reaching his son is not his only battle. For the camps have a far more sinister agenda than the military is willing to admit - an agenda which threatens not only life, but the very spark of human spirit.

About this title

From the Author

The best and most important book I've written to date.
'The Immortals' is unlike anything I've done before ... and not just because of it's subject. For many years I've watched the AIDS epidemic become a matter of political debate which seemed to center on everything except the people who were suffering and dying. However, 'Immortals' has grown to mean far more to me than the original premise implied. More than any other book I have written, these characters speak to me. More than any other book I have written, their words and their quest for the meaning of their existance reaches into my very soul. I have tried to tell their story with a brisk pacing and powerful, driving narrative. I believe I succeeded far beyond my own abilities. 'The Immortals' is not just a story of quarantine/death camps where victims of an AIDS-like plague have been sent to die -- but focuses on the prisoners struggles to survive their own inevitable deaths, and thus find real meaning in their existence. Though the text is very accessible, I wouldn't call it an easy read: the world here is grim in the beginning. However, I believe that the ending of the book speaks to the triumph of the human spirit, and ultimately to us all. Take a moment, if you will, and view the sample chapter I've posted on my web site. (http://www.TRHickman.com) If you are intrigued with what you see -- I hope you'll pick up your copy of the book right here. Let me know what you think of it.

Edition details

• Publisher: Margaret Weis Productions
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1931567654
• ISBN 13: 9781931567657
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 432