A novel worthy of comparison to works by Michael Crichton and William Gibson, Ted Kosmatka returns with his best and boldest thriller yet. Eric Argus has one last chance. His earlier scientific work - groundbreaking and infamous - jeopardized his reputation and threatened his sanity. But an old university friend hires him at Hansen Research, a Boston laboratory that provides researchers a probationary period of free reign. Argus has a final opportunity to regain his standing and renew his faith in science. He replicates Feynman's double-slit experiment that famously demonstrated the mysterious dual nature of light and matter. Building upon that work, Argus discovers a staggering and elemental difference between humanity and the rest of the animal kingdom. He proves the existence of the human soul. His findings are celebrated and condemned in equal measure. But no one can predict where the unraveling truth will lead. Soon reports surface of "soulless" individuals, humans seemingly devoid of spiritual substance, known as "the Fated." Who are they? Why are they here? And what happens now that they are known?
As Argus seeks answers, a powerful syndicate seeks him, and the race for the truth turns deadly - but for how many?
- ISBN10 0805096191
- ISBN13 9780805096194
- Publish Date 21 July 2015
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 March 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Henry Holt & Company Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English