The Forever Game
Life-Saving Technology Can Be Deadly
by Jeffrey James Higgins
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Pub Date 29 Feb 2024 | Archive Date 29 Mar 2024
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Description
"The Forever Game by Jeffrey James Higgins is a tautly-plotted thriller bursting with both action and depth. Higgins himself has 'been there and done that,' and this experience reveals itself on every page. I’ve no doubt readers will be hungry for more adventures from Adam Locke." –Mark Greaney #1 NYT Bestselling Author of THE CHAOS AGENT, a GRAY MAN NOVEL
Special Agent Adam Locke quits DEA and joins his brother's artificial intelligence company so he can care for his dying girlfriend, but when his brother is killed in a suspicious accident, Adam discovers life-saving technology can be also deadly.
Being a special agent meant everything to Adam, but when his girlfriend is diagnosed with cancer, he resigns to be closer to home. He takes a job at his brother's AI start-up and works for an eccentric billionaire on Cuttyhunk Island, a tiny community near Cape Cod.
Forever Technology promises artificial intelligence will extend life, but after a scientist falls off a cliff and Adam's brother dies in an explosion, Adam believes someone is killing to protect the priceless innovation.
The clock is ticking as Adam fights to use the technology to save his girlfriend and to prove his brother was murdered before the killer can escape with the world's most valuable scientific discovery.
The Forever Game examines the philosophical issues that arise when artificial intelligence can cure disease, download minds, and offer eternal life. It explores the nature of consciousness and what it means to be human.
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Advance Praise
"In The Forever Game, the latest thriller from Jeffrey James Higgins, the race to develop artificial intelligence turns murderous. Higgins puts his real-world combat experience onto the pages of this twisty, high-stakes novel that dramatizes the AI crisis we're all hurtling toward." -Mark Alpert, internationally bestselling author of The Doomsday Show
"DEA Special Agent Adam Locke is a series-worthy action hero whose debut is filled with breathtaking action and a surprisingly exquisite exploration of AI-assisted immortality." -BestThrillers.com
"The Forever Game by Jeffrey James Higgins is a tautly-plotted thriller bursting with both action and depth. Higgins himself has 'been there and done that, ' and this experience reveals itself on every page. I've no doubt readers will be hungry for more adventures from Adam Locke." -Mark Greaney #1 NYT Bestselling Author of THE CHAOS AGENT, a GRAY MAN NOVEL
"...fast-paced and action-packed...From the opening page of The Forever Game, I was captivated and had to finish reading to the end. Jeffrey James Higgins created a plot that flows well and is cleverly executed." -Readers' Favorite (5 Star Review)
Available Editions
| EDITION | Ebook |
| ISBN | 9781685133795 |
| PRICE | US$6.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 410 |
Available on NetGalley
Featured Reviews
Joan J, Librarian
A former DEA agent, whose girlfriend is dying of cancer, becomes a security consultant at a company that is combining AI with brain mapping in order to scan and download the essence of a person. The goal is to extend life, but several people with connections to the Forever Technology company have lost theirs. Can Agent Adam Locke uncover the secrets before anyone else dies, including his girlfriend?
This book will keep the reader awake into the wee hours trying to figure out who is on which side of right and wrong, good and evil. The writing is excellent with well-developed characters and vivid linguistic paintings of the island, the research facility, and other locales. The descriptions of technology seem believable and just around the corner in real life. All of these elements combine into a satisfying novel worth of a second read.
Carolyn V, Reviewer
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this story. It kept me on the edge of my seat, and it was very fast paced reading. It’s also very scary knowing that this could be something that could be happening in our lifetime very soon in the future. I would recommend this to anybody who enjoys reading mystery, suspense, and about advanced technology.
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. This is my honest and voluntary review.
Lynda S, Reviewer
When DEA Special Agent Adam Locke's wife is diagnosed with cancer, he takes a step down in his career to take care of her. This means working with his rich brother as a security guard.
He is to find out that in terms of danger from industrial espionage and more, it is not a step down at all. For his brother was working for a company using AI and software to upload the entire consciousness of an individual onto a computer., to be uploaded into something better. A tempting prospect for someone whose loved one is dying.
Also tempting for anyone driven by less than the best of motives. By evil.
Then, key employees start getting murdered. Locke has to track down which interests, family or international, are seeking to profiteer from these extraordinary discoveries.
Whether or not modern technology has really got to the point it reaches here, and whether a cure for death is really this feasible, this is a superb thriller as well as a satisfying whodunit, with the villain truly hiding in plain sight. The authenticity of the novel comes from the writer's own experience as a cop, the science fiction of it plausible enough to add to unease about where technology might be headed.
A highly engrossing read!
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