Book cover of the novel Subtraction by K.W. Franklin. Black design with a graphic broken orange double helix illustration.

In a near-future world, a scientific breakthrough enables people to live for hundreds of years, causing society to splinter and factions to contend for the future of humanity.

Headshot of author K. W. Franklin smiling into the camera, wearing a light blue shirt and dark suit coat

About the Author

K. W. Franklin, MD, a graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Medical School, is a clinical professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City.

“a gripping tale of greed, power, and technology fracturing social needs and norms.”

—Ted Fitts, faculty, Boston University, The Writing Program

“From the first page to the last, this novel captivates.”

—Harriet Lebowitz, medical writer and editor and former senior development editor, McGraw Hill medical publishing

“Captivating.”

—Richard Scofield, MD, Weill Cornell Medical School, New York-Presbyterian Hospital