- Finalist for the Philip K. Dick and Arthur C. Clarke Awards - The gripping first novel by Drew Magary, author of The Hike and The Night the Lights Went Out "An exciting page turner... Drew Magary is an excellent writer. The Postmortal is ... even more terrifying than zombie apocalypse. " -- Mark Frauenfelder, Boing Boing John Farrell is about to get "The Cure. " Old age can never kill him now. The only problem is, everything else still can ... Imagine a near future where a cure for aging is discovered and-after much political and moral debate-made available to people worldwide. Immortality, however, comes with its own unique problems-including evil green people, government euthanasia programs, a disturbing new religious cult, and other horrors. Witty, eerie, and full of humanity, The Postmortal is an unforgettable thriller that envisions a pre-apocalyptic world so real that it is completely terrifying.