Expiration Date
By Mardine Perrins
Medical Thriller, Dystopian
Paperback & ebook, 304 Pages
March 4, 2021 by Kat Biggie Press
A conspiracy theory no one would have guessed.
It’s 2168 and expiration dates have been a part of the human genome for the last hundred years. Society has grown accustomed to these birthmark dates, revealing the day you will expire. But suddenly, an exponential number of infants are being born across the globe with very short expiration dates, giving them only hours, days to live.
Elisa Quinn’s cousin’s baby is amongst these born with shockingly short expiration dates. Devastated over the rapid demise of the baby, Elisa begins to search for answers. Not satisfied by the response the global government is providing for the growing number of short expiration dates, she sets out to discover what could be behind this alarming trend. Aided by two scientists, Ashlei Quinn and Claude Monark, Elisa investigates the long-standing gestational supplement of nutriment injections as a potential source in the shortened dates.
While researching, the trio uncover an extremist group, Restituere. They learn of the group’s plot to control the growth of the population, potentially exterminating a large portion in the process.
Armed with their new revelations, Elisa and Claude travel to Boston seeking help from the one person they thought they could count on, only to find themselves fighting for their lives. Unable to trust anyone, they venture out on their own to interrupt Restituere’s plot. They soon find themselves in the middle of a deep global conspiracy, and in the crosshairs of those who would stop at nothing to see this plot through.
Unless they can prevent this deadly group’s plans, their loved ones will be lost and the human race altered forever.
If you love Dan Brown’s, Deception Point; Michael Crichton’s, The Andromeda Strain; and A.G. Riddle’s, The Atlantis Gene, you will love Expiration Date.
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Excerpt:
Claude
pulled his blazer off to cool down as the car cruised four feet above the
ground to the small engine plane, pulling up dust in its wake. There was only
one other person from the original crew and three new faces that were
returning. Elisa knew she couldn’t talk to Claude now, in front of all these
people. She stared out at all the faces wondering if they knew too. They didn’t
say a word while boarding.
The
plane began to taxi, then slowed to a stop. They looked to each other and back
at the hover car racing from the building to meet the plane. The car stopped
abruptly as the pilot let the stairs down. Claude leaned forward, while Elisa
couldn’t take her eyes off the passenger car door. The door opened quickly and
the same polished woman who arrived with them from Albany scrambled onto the
plane, harried. The plane began to move again.
Staring
out the small window of the plane, Claude said, “I’ll explain. To you both.
Together.”
Elisa’s head was reeling. For an
hour she was alone with her thoughts. This has been going on for a hundred
years! How could they keep such a secret? Claude knew!
About the Author
Mardine Perrins is a writer and a Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist in a Cardiac Catherization lab in upstate New York. Forever fascinated by the unknown and questioning the unexplored, you’ll find her curiosities displayed throughout her work. Her imagination is driven by anomalies in nature; bizarre creatures that live beneath the sea; underground caverns teaming with undiscovered prehistoric life. She’s captivated with the complexity of the human DNA, mind and body and is drawn to natures ability to overcome, adapt and persist. She investigates why these things exist and how she can bring them to their potential through her stories. She currently lives in East Greenbush, NY with her husband, children and two cats.
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