This Mortal Coil Audiobook

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?

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"“There’s no gene for run like hell” 3 billion lives at stake. 2 people who can save them. 1 secret hidden in their DNA. An enthralling story about one girl's quest for answers in a genetically and technologically advanced future. The perfect mix of SciFi and Dystopian - full of thrills, mystery and suspense! With a lovely slow burn post- apocalyptic romance carved around it ?? And that surprise towards the end was totally unexpected and so brilliant - I didn’t see it coming. The pace is slow at first and things a little confusing but once the story really gets going, it’s truly unputdownable. I’m forward to reading more from this series. 4.4 stars ??"

— Halima  (4 out of 5 stars)