The Death I Gave Him, Em X. Liu
The Death I Gave Him, Em X. Liu
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The Death I Gave Him

Author: Em X. Liu

Narrator: Catherine Ho

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/12/2023


Synopsis

A Twenty-First Century Hamlet.

Hayden Lichfield’s life is ripped apart when he finds his father murdered in their lab, and the camera logs erased. The killer can only have been after one thing: the Sisyphus Formula the two of them developed together, which might one day reverse death itself.
Hoping to lure the killer into the open, Hayden steals the research. In the process, he uncovers a recording his father made in the days before his death, and a dying wish: Avenge me …

With the lab on lockdown, Hayden is trapped with four other people—his uncle Charles, lab technician Gabriel Rasmussen, research intern Felicia Xia and their head of security, Felicia’s father Paul—one of whom must be the killer. His only sure ally is the lab’s resident
artificial intelligence, Horatio, who has been his dear friend and companion since its creation. With his world collapsing, Hayden must navigate the building’s secrets, uncover his father’s lies, and push the boundaries of sanity in the pursuit of revenge.

About Em X. Liu

Em X. Liu is a writer and recent biochemistry graduate, which means they love stories about artificial intelligence and Shakespeare in equal measure. Since immigrating to Canada, they never go long without hopping on a plane to wander new places. But out of all the cities they've been to, they still love their home in Toronto the most.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Marieke on May 21, 2023

That writing! That structure! That tension! This queer Hamlet retelling as a locked-room sci-fi thriller is insanely good!! I needed to recover for a while because the tension was so tangible in every sentence that I felt I had to keep my breath constantly while reading. So, breathe in, breathe out.......more

Goodreads review by Megan on May 05, 2024

read for my patreon book club - [URL not allowed] major snoozefest babes......more

Goodreads review by Baba Yaga Reads on September 01, 2023

This was one of my most anticipated releases of the year and I'm glad to say it did not disappoint. The Death I Gave Him is a hard sci-fi with a medical focus, based on a loose retelling of Shakespeare's Hamlet. I thoroughly enjoyed my reading experience and thought the author's exploration of depres......more

Goodreads review by jay on October 29, 2023

"Do you want to live because you want to live or because you're afraid to die?" nearly chopped my finger off cutting a carrot because of this call-out can you believe me and chrysa finally read a good book ❤️ this had everything: death, intrigue, mad scientists on a quest for immortality, shakespeare,......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on March 19, 2024

Highly recommended for anyone who had both a Hamlet and Hannibal phase in high school.......more