Digital eternal life... it's almost worth dying for. But it's definitely worth killing for.
“a supercharged, high-stakes, cyberpunk thriller” — Our Verdict: ✓GET IT” — Kirkus Reviews
In an all-too-possible, not-so-distant future dominated by AI, universal basic income, and “subtirees” living pod-bound lives of leisure, idealistic, semi-slacker hacker Stu Reigns dreams of more.
When Stu’s brilliant ex, Roxy Zhang, develops digital immortality, the world’s powerful e...
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Digital eternal life... it's almost worth dying for. But it's definitely worth killing for.
“a supercharged, high-stakes, cyberpunk thriller” — Our Verdict: ✓GET IT” — Kirkus Reviews
In an all-too-possible, not-so-distant future dominated by AI, universal basic income, and “subtirees” living pod-bound lives of leisure, idealistic, semi-slacker hacker Stu Reigns dreams of more.
When Stu’s brilliant ex, Roxy Zhang, develops digital immortality, the world’s powerful elite scramble to secure their eternal existence.
Enter Chuck Rosti, a merciless, terminally ill tycoon made more dangerous since he’s on the brink of conviction for massive fraud. His plan? Coerce Stu into helping get Roxy’s groundbreaking invention so “Feds can incarcerate my corpse.”
Caught between a sick billionaire, a Russian mob, digital mind clones, and a shrewd, devout Southern matriarch, Stu gets tangled in a twisted, high-stakes, ‘inverted heist.’
But as betrayals mount and revenge includes murder, Stu and new allies must race to save lives and seek justice in humanity’s digital immortality.
Fans of smart cyberpunk, like Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, or sci-fi with humor, as in Andy Weir’s The Martian or John Scalzi’s Redshirts, will love Immortality Bytes.
Comparable Books regarding Near Future World-Building & Themes: SNOW CRASH by Neal Stephenson, JENNIFER GOVERNMENT by Max Barry, INFOMOCRACY by Malka Older, and BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley.
Comparable Books regarding Humor/Tone: THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir, STARTER VILLAIN by John Scalzi, SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY by Gary Shteyngart, PLAYER PIANO by Kurt Vonnegut, and READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline.
Film Comps: Snowpiercer, Minority Report, Ex Machina, I-Robot, Elysium, Oceans 11, Her, Ant-Man, Now You See Me, Sorry to Bother You, and Sneakers.
Accolades & Reviews:
1.) Publishers Weekly’s BookLife Reviews — “✓EDITOR’S PICK”
2.) Won “Best Science Fiction: Cyberpunk” in the 7th Annual American Fiction Awards (2024)
3.) Won “Best Humor/Satire” in the Storytrade Awards (a Reedsy “Best Writing Contest” 2024)
4.) Won "Best Science Fiction” in the American Writing Awards (2024).
5.) Won "Best Science Fiction Humor” in the Annual Indies Today Awards (2024).
6.) Earned 5-Star ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reviews from Manhattan Book Review, Literary Titan, ReaderViews, and ReadersFavorite.
7.) “feels like an American Douglas Adams.” — San Francisco Book Review
Links to Accolades & Reviews:
• https://linktr.ee/immortalitybytes
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