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Elixir by Braver, Gary is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.

What is Elixir about?

SUMMARY: Elixir is a novel poised, sometimes awkwardly, between the demands of philosophical speculation and those of hang-on-to-your-hats suspense. Gary Braver's biotech thriller takes as its premise the existence of a fountain of youth: when Chris Bacon, a dedicated medicinal chemist for Darby Pharmaceuticals, journeys to Papua, New Guinea, in search of "miracle drugs that grow on trees," he finds much more than the contraceptive plant steroids he was looking for. He discovers tabukari, the "forbidden flower of the long day"--a blossom with the power to prolong life. When his bosses, and other powerful and unsavory characters, discover that Chris has successfully synthesized a formula for immortality, the scientist and his family become the targets of a ruthless manhunt. What the bad guys don't know is that Chris didn't stop at injecting lab rats with his elixir; he is himself participating in a dangerous experiment. Braver effectively conveys both Chris's burning desire to test the fruits of his labor, and his wife's prophetic understanding that those fruits are far more lethal than anything Eve might have given Adam: They were silent for a long spell, and Laura felt the old ang

Who reads Elixir?

Author

Braver, Gary

Publisher

Tor Books

Published

2000

Language

EN

Category

religious

Subjects

Fiction, Thriller, Thrillers

Rating

3.86 / 5 (172 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14