Constance, Matthew FitzSimmons
Constance, Matthew FitzSimmons
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Constance

Author: Matthew FitzSimmons

Narrator: January LaVoy

Unabridged: 10 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/01/2021

Synopsis

A breakthrough in human cloning becomes one woman’s waking nightmare in a mind-bending thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Gibson Vaughn series.In the near future, advances in medicine and quantum computing make human cloning a reality. For the wealthy, cheating death is the ultimate luxury. To anticloning militants, it’s an abomination against nature. For young Constance “Con” D’Arcy, who was gifted her own clone by her late aunt, it’s terrifying.After a routine monthly upload of her consciousness—stored for that inevitable transition—something goes wrong. When Con wakes up in the clinic, it’s eighteen months later. Her recent memories are missing. Her original, she’s told, is dead. If that’s true, what does that make her?The secrets of Con’s disorienting new life are buried deep. So are those of how and why she died. To uncover the truth, Con is retracing the last days she can recall, crossing paths with a detective who’s just as curious. On the run, she needs someone she can trust. Because only one thing has become clear: Con is being marked for murder—all over again.

About Matthew FitzSimmons

Matthew FitzSimmons is the author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling Gibson Vaughn series, which includes Origami Man, Debris Line, Cold Harbor, Poisonfeather, and The Short Drop. Born in Illinois and raised in London, he now lives in Washington, DC, where he taught English literature and theater at a private high school for more than a decade. For more information, visit him at www.matthewfitzsimmons.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Regina

My brain hurts. Since I only read a handful of science fiction books each year, I’m admittedly out of practice when it comes to keeping up with mind-bending stories in that genre. I thought I was up to the challenge of taking on one about human cloning in the not-too-distant future, but I sure got a......more

Goodreads review by LIsa Noell "Rocking the Chutzpah!

My thanks to Thomas and Mercer, Matthew FitzSimmons and Netgalley. Days go bye. You live them. Nothing ever changes, until it does. That's all just a day in life. One day you wake up and discover that you're missing months of your life. Turns out that you, yes you are dead. But? I would also have hunt......more

Goodreads review by Holly

Thought provoking and mind-binding, took me on a head spinning ride... If you want to clone yourself and prolong your life, you need to have a hefty bank account. Only the rich can afford to have a clone on hand. Unless your Constance “Con” D’Arcy, she was luck enough to be "gifted a clone" by her au......more

Goodreads review by Susan

If you can get past the BS… The story is there. It’s a great story, but it paints a very low opinion of men, especially white men, as if we need to know the race of every single character no matter how small the part. Cars run on only batteries which are mined horribly for the environment, and charge......more

Goodreads review by Christi

In Constance, Matthew FitzSimmons not only delivers a wonderful sci-fi thriller that includes thought-provoking and complicated characters, but also sheds a light on all the complexities that cloning and memory downloading would bring to society. We're first introduced to Constance 'Con' around Chris......more

Quotes

“Maybe what we need most as this bewildering summer winds down is a diverting story about an interesting futuristic topic that injects no new anxiety into our nervous brains…[Constance] shines in its interstitial moments…In between the sleuthing and the schemes for world domination and the eluding of people with guns, we are invited to grapple with genuinely thoughtful questions about the philosophical, legal and ethical implications of cloning and scientific innovation in general…The debates around cloning in Constance echo many of our contemporary preoccupations—skepticism of science, radical mistrust of those with opposing views, conspiracy theories.” —Sarah Lyall, Critic, The New York Times“Full of technological surprises and ethical dilemmas, this inventive thriller hums with the electric excitement of the best 1950s science fiction.” —Tom Nolan, Critic, The Wall Street Journal“In this timely thriller, tantalizing clues, complex motives, and shifting views of the truth flow around such issues as the relationship between money and power, the right to life, and the definition of self. FitzSimmons has upped his game with this one.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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