Blood World, Chris Mooney
Blood World, Chris Mooney
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Blood World

Author: Chris Mooney

Narrator: Frankie Corzo

Unabridged: 14 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 08/18/2020


Synopsis

Everything changed when scientists discovered the drug. It looked like the cure for aging, but all progress comes with a price tag. Now, eternal youthfulness will be paid for by the blood of the innocent. 

The blood of “carriers” is the most valuable commodity on earth. When treated with a new wonder drug, it cures disease, increases power, and makes the recipient a virtual superman. 

It also makes the carriers targets. Young people with the right genes are ripped from their families and stashed in “blood farms.”

Ellie Batista became an LAPD officer specifically to fight this evil as a member of the Blood Squad, but her ambitions are thwarted—until the day she and her partner are ambushed during a routine stop. The resulting events plunge her into an undercover world more dangerous than she could have ever imagined.

Because a madman has found a way to increase the potency of the blood to levels previously unimagined. As he cuts a bloody swath through the already deadly world of blood cartels, Ellie is the only hope to stop him before the body count explodes.

About The Author

Hailed as "one of the best thriller writers working today" by Lee Child and "a wonderful writer" by Michael Connelly, Chris Mooney is the international bestselling author of twelve novels, most recently The Snow Girls. His fourth book, The Missing, the first in the Darby McCormick series, was a main selection of the International Book of the Month Club and an instant bestseller in over thirteen countries. The Mystery Writer's Association nominated Chris's third book, Remembering Sarah, for an Edgar Award for Best Novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Darla on August 05, 2020

A chilling depiction of a world where your blood can be a priceless asset that marks you for life. A protein has been identified that can be the fountain of youth. Carriers of this protein are identified and protected from those who would plunder that resource. It is a fascinating concept that drew......more

Goodreads review by The Nerd Daily on August 08, 2020

Originally published on the Nerd Daily | Review by Kaylie Seed Chris Mooney’s Blood World is a sci-fi thriller that is bound to leave a positive impression on readers. Releasing on August 18th, Blood World takes today’s world and immerses the reader in a place where certain people’s blood (called Car......more

Goodreads review by OutlawPoet on May 15, 2020

This is one of those books that took a minute. While I liked some of the near future elements (the whole carrier thing), I was a little put off by our main character. Every so often, I thought to myself – definitely a man trying to write a woman. Before you @ me, a non-spoiler example: When a woman......more

Goodreads review by DrunkenCherry on January 31, 2022

Ich muss sagen, der Klappentext des Buchs hat mich sehr angesprochen. Die Idee mit den Blutfarmen klang neu und innovativ. Ich habe mir ein sehr düsteres und dreckiges Setting ausgemalt, bei dem Menschen alles tun, um an das Blut zu kommen, ähnlich wie bei Heroin. Allerdings wurden meine Erwartungen......more

Goodreads review by Chandra on August 17, 2020

Do you ever read a book and know exactly how it would play out in film? I mean, I know we play the movie version in our heads while we read but some books just scream to be made into a film and I think this is one of them. In this day and age where we continue to look for the fountain of youth, Blood......more