Page 65 - The 'X' Chronicles Newspaper - Vol 24 No 2 - February 24 2015

Chasing 120 by Monte Wolverton

Imagine a world where every human
being is guaranteed 120 years of life. Dr.
Tyler Belknap wants you (and everyone
else within the sound of his voice) to
believe it. Via his nationally televised
daily infomercial programs, the
perpetually grinning, fast-talking Texas
adman-turned-preacher promises 120
years of fantastically healthy life to
anyone who follows his regimen and
buys his nutritional products. Belknap’s
Bible-based guarantee of longevity has
fueled the meteoric success of his
Wellness 120 empire - with stores, foods,
supplements, books and educational
programs, he has attracted a cult
following. Belknap has established
himself as the authority on nutrition and
longevity, and he intends to keep it that
way, no matter what the cost.

Chasing 120 – A Story of Food, Faith, Fraud and the Pursuit of Longevity, a novel from
the pen of offbeat syndicated editorial cartoonist Monte Wolverton, is an easy,
entertaining read, filled with intrigue and authenticity. It hits home in a world filled with
all kinds of hucksterism - and offers a glimpse of what can happen when GMO
technology falls into the wrong hands!

On the dark side Belknap’s empire, we discover his ruthless business style - and that his
products are laced with bizarre substances from genetically modified plants developed
in his high-tech underground research lab hidden in a Pacific Northwest forest - and that
he is testing these psychoactive substances on unwary human subjects.

Wellness 120 corporate creative director Dave Whitman and his wife Marcia suddenly
find their comfortable life turned upside down when their robustly healthy teenage son
suffers brain damage from one of Belknap’s psychoactive, GMO food products. The
Whitmans must come to grips with the fact that the charismatic guru they once followed
is a pseudo-religious snake oil salesman whose vast empire has been built on dietary
deception and faith-based fraud.

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