Mardis Littéraires - Tom Hillenbrand : Thanatopia

Once or twice a month, on a Tuesday, the Lëtzebuerg City Bibliothèque offers literary authors the opportunity to present their novels and read excerpts from their works followed by a Q&A and signing session.

How far would we go to overcome death?
An electrifying thriller that strikes us to the core:
If humans could live forever thanks to artificial intelligence—would they even want to?

Vienna, 2095. A body in the Danube is nothing unusual for Inspector Landauer. But this time, there are two—and what’s worse: the two dead women are identical, down to the last strand of hair.
Why is the same woman dead twice?

As Landauer investigates, he uncovers a bizarre high-tech death cult: young people who repeatedly murder clones of themselves. Are these so-called “Deathers” simply insane? Or is there a method to their madness?

Over time, the clues mount: the deceased were on the trail of a monumental secret.
Tom Hillenbrand’s fascinating novel takes us from Vienna to London, to Greece, and around the world. In different ways, people everywhere are confronted with the most existential question of all: that of death—and what comes after.

Bold and gripping, Thanatopia is a philosophical, clever, and suspenseful thriller about what truly defines our lives.

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