This Mortal Coil, Emily Suvada
This Mortal Coil, Emily Suvada
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This Mortal Coil

Author: Emily Suvada

Narrator: Skye Bennett

Unabridged: 13 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/07/2017


Synopsis

“Redefines ‘unputdownable.’” —Amie Kaufman, New York Times bestselling author of Illuminae
“I was thrilled. I was shocked.” —NPR
“Stunning twists and turns.” —BCCB (starred review)

In this gripping debut novel, seventeen-year-old Cat must use her gene-hacking skills to decode her late father’s message concealing a vaccine to a horrifying plague.

Catarina Agatta is a hacker. She can cripple mainframes and crash through firewalls, but that’s not what makes her special. In Cat’s world, people are implanted with technology to recode their DNA, allowing them to change their bodies in any way they want. And Cat happens to be a gene-hacking genius.

That’s no surprise, since Cat’s father is Dr. Lachlan Agatta, a legendary geneticist who may be the last hope for defeating a plague that has brought humanity to the brink of extinction. But during the outbreak, Lachlan was kidnapped by a shadowy organization called Cartaxus, leaving Cat to survive the last two years on her own.

When a Cartaxus soldier, Cole, arrives with news that her father has been killed, Cat’s instincts tell her it’s just another Cartaxus lie. But Cole also brings a message: before Lachlan died, he managed to create a vaccine, and Cole needs Cat’s help to release it and save the human race.

Now Cat must decide who she can trust: The soldier with secrets of his own? The father who made her promise to hide from Cartaxus at all costs? In a world where nature itself can be rewritten, how much can she even trust herself?

About Emily Suvada

Emily Suvada was born and raised in Australia, where she went on to earn a degree in mathematics. She previously worked as a data scientist, and still spends hours writing algorithms to perform tasks which would only take her minutes to complete on her own. When not writing, she can be found hiking, cycling, and conducting chemistry experiments in her kitchen. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon, with her husband.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Elle on March 08, 2019

2 1/2 stars. This was… interesting, and also not my type of book, and kind of disappointing. I honestly think This Mortal Coil is bit of your typical plot-twisty-but-not-very-quality YA sci-fi, and although some things stood out, I just didn’t love it. The obvious upside of this book is that it i......more

Goodreads review by Nemo ☠️ (pagesandprozac) on September 05, 2017

((2.5 stars, rounded up for THAT plot twist)) hoo boy this is going to be a bitch of a review to write. i don't think i've ever been so conflicted about a book in a while. i'll start with the stuff i liked first. the plot and the concept was excellent. there have been no shortage of apocalyptic plag......more

Goodreads review by Abbie (boneseasonofglass) on December 13, 2017

This book was fantastic! At first, it seemed a bit cliched and stuff, but then it picked up and I couldn't put it down Genetics, coding, technology, big plot twists, fast paced, everything you could want in a sci-fi book Y you can tell the author researched it all and knew what she was talking about i......more

Goodreads review by Jill on October 28, 2017

I finished this book a while ago and totally forgot to write a review for it OOPS ITS FINE Basically, this book was beyond fun and sooOoOO interesting guys. It gave me slight The Darkest Minds vibes and I’m not really sure why it just did xD it’s like a sci-fi tech version of The Darkest Minds. I ju......more

Goodreads review by Dannii on September 04, 2017

Actual rating 4.5 stars. I have read a slew of post-apocalyptic novels in which a deadly virus has wreaked havoc and culled the majority of our species. What ordinarily happens is that a portion of humanity devolves into zombie-like creatures, another into opportunistic gangs, and a lone few are left......more