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The Natural Order
  • Published: 3 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241819142
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $38.00
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The Natural Order

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Tr. Paperback
3 Nov 2026
Hardback
29 Nov 2026
EBook
29 Oct 2026
Audiobook
29 Oct 2026
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Tensely realistic speculative thriller from a successful Hollywood screenwriter about a tech billionaire who is living proof that his company has cracked the secret to eternal life

Tech visionary Paul Whitmore is about to be the world’s oldest man. 122 years old, he appears no older than fifty. His company has unlocked the secret to eternal life, and a post-ageing future.
But many are fearful about what that will mean.
And some are prepared to do anything to stop it.
Paul's enemies are well-resourced and highly motivated. Great wealth has protected him so far, but when his elderly, estranged son is targeted, Paul must risk his company, his reputation, and ultimately immortality itself to save him.
And in doing so, he might also rediscover the man he once was...
  • Published: 3 November 2026
  • ISBN: 9780241819142
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $38.00
Categories:

About the author

Matthew Aldrich

Matthew Aldrich, a renowned writer for film and television, is best known for cowriting Disney Pixar’s Coco, which won two Academy Awards, including Best Animated Feature. His screenplay also won top prize at the International Animated Film Association Awards and was nominated for the Humanitas Prize. The Natural Order is his first novel.
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Praise for The Natural Order

Urgent, plausible … a book that can’t be read fast enough

Daniel Kraus, author of Whale Fall and Angel Down

Haunting, humane and utterly compelling

Barry Jenkins, Oscar-winning director of Moonlight

A high-concept premise drives the action-packed plot … this is a blast

Publishers Weekly

Aldrich takes a premise that could have been a pure high-concept thriller and turns it into something richer

Glenn Powell, star of Top Gun: Maverick and Twisters

Gripping and well-paced … full of philosophical questions and emotional gut punches … the scariest thing is that it seems plausible

Kirkus

Compulsively readable and genuinely moving … this thriller is equal parts propulsive and thoughtful

Library Journal