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Closer
What if saving a life came with a permanent plus-one?
Celeportation is the greatest medical breakthrough of the century—allowing ordinary people to transmit life-saving biochemicals across any distance. No travel. No surgery. Just press a button and be a hero.
Side effects may include: dizziness, mild nausea, and an inexplicable metaphysical bond with a complete stranger.
They call it the Closer.
When Larimer Knowles undergoes the procedure, he’s just looking to earn a bit of cash. Instead, he’s pulled into a cross-country pursuit of the very patient he saved—someone who may not want to be found. Joined by his fiercely loyal best friend and a modern-day Sherpa who knows how to navigate the Closer’s strange terrain, Larimer sets out on a relentless road trip that blurs the line between science and the supernatural.
A wry comic fusion of science fiction, mystery, and road-trip thriller, this novel explores the cost of connection in a world where even your own chemistry can betray you—and where saving someone’s life may be the least complicated part of your week.
Celeportation is the greatest medical breakthrough of the century—allowing ordinary people to transmit life-saving biochemicals across any distance. No travel. No surgery. Just press a button and be a hero.
Side effects may include: dizziness, mild nausea, and an inexplicable metaphysical bond with a complete stranger.
They call it the Closer.
When Larimer Knowles undergoes the procedure, he’s just looking to earn a bit of cash. Instead, he’s pulled into a cross-country pursuit of the very patient he saved—someone who may not want to be found. Joined by his fiercely loyal best friend and a modern-day Sherpa who knows how to navigate the Closer’s strange terrain, Larimer sets out on a relentless road trip that blurs the line between science and the supernatural.
A wry comic fusion of science fiction, mystery, and road-trip thriller, this novel explores the cost of connection in a world where even your own chemistry can betray you—and where saving someone’s life may be the least complicated part of your week.
219 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 14, 2026
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Larry Bell
4 books9 followersLarry Bell is an actor, improviser, playwright, author, IT consultant, tap dancer, and father, but not in that order. He lives in New York City with his family.
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February 22, 2026
Really enjoyed this book! The main character really pulled off the grumpy, jaded exterior hiding a good heart. The unspooling of the clues was entertaining. Some parts were laugh out loud funny, with the children and others running interference for the criminal Charlie. I didn’t want it to end.
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