Longevity: Should we prolong human life by 30 years?

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 Longevitys pages. The author tosses his main characters into deep holes and finds imaginative ways to extricate them.Lucy Mendoza leads a team of scientists at the Prendergast Foundation who are testing an enzyme that might extend our lives by thirty years. For several reasons the federal government a major pharmaceutical company and a billionaire investor have no qualms about eliminating Lucy to ensure that project will fail. Her former lover Grant Duran an ex-Marine special ops officer whos lost a hand and is now a molecular biologist thwarts the first attempt on her life. As dead bodies accumulate and Lucy and Grant struggle to defend themselves they begin to wonder whether the Longevity project should survive.