Klothos (Paperback)

Paperback. What if life itself could be measured. and sold? At Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a clandestine team of scientists has discovered something impossible: a luminous "life-force particle" hidden deep within the human brain-one that determines how long we live.Led by the brilliant yet haunted Dr. Kyle Davies, and joined by a group of researchers each driven by grief, ambition, and loss, the team unlocks a technology that can transfer years of life from one person to another. But what begins as a mission to save dying children quickly evolves into something far more dangerous.Backed by a powerful financier with his own agenda, the project spirals into a global industry-where time becomes currency, the poor become suppliers, and the wealthy buy their way to longer lives As science pushes beyond its moral limits, one question remains: If you could take time from another human being. would you? What if you could buy more time-at someone else's expense? A discovery turns human life into currency, where the rich gain years and the vulnerable lose them. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…