Tagline:"Living forever... it's almost worth dying for."
Logline/Pitch: “When an idealistic hacker’s ex-girlfriend nears inventing digital immortality, an indicted tycoon compels him to steal it.”
Accolades:
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” and "Best Political Fiction" in the American Writing Awards (2024).
5.) Earned 5-Star Reviews from Manhattan Book Review, ReaderViews, and ReadersFavorite.
6.) “feels like an American Douglas Adams.” — San Francisco Book Review
7.) “a supercharged, high-stakes, cyberpunk thriller... Our Verdict: ✓GET IT” — Kirkus Reviews
Back Cover Blurb:
Yay, free money and a life of leisure! Except… only if you never have children. Sure, a cute little version of you (but not yet so screwed up) sounds fun. But with AI robots taking more jobs, who can reject that “bargain” hoping to afford kids someday?
Stu Reigns does. He’s an idealistic AI programmer and part-time influencer. His demisexual ex-girlfriend, Roxy Zhang, nears perfecting electronic immortality. Add in billionaire banking rascals, and there’s no more certainty — not even “Death & Taxes.”
An old-money Southerner is buying Roxy’s company. This infuriates a sick, rival oligarch — who is about to be rightfully convicted of epic fraud. To escape to this digital eternal life, he compels Stu to steal it.
You’ll never guess all the twists, but maybe the reader peering over your shoulder will.
Comparable Books regarding Near Future World-Building & Themes: INFOMOCRACY by Malka Older, IMMORTALITY, INC. by Robert Sheckley, BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley, and SNOW CRASH by Neal Stephenson.
Comparable Books regarding Humor/Tone: THE MARTIAN by Andy Weir, REDSHIRTS by John Scalzi, SUPER SAD TRUE LOVE STORY by Gary Shteyngart, SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE 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.
Links to Accolades & Reviews:
• https://www.americanbookfest.com/2024afapressrelease.html
• https://2024.storytradeawards.com
• https://americanwritingawards.com/american-writing-awards
• https://booklife.com/booklife-review/B0DBPSVF9C
• https://readerviewsarchives.wordpress.com/2024/09/02/immortality-bytes-abrams-2/
• https://readersfavorite.com/book-review/immortality-bytes
• https://sanfranciscobookreview.com/product/immortality-bytes-digital-minds-dont-get-hungry/
• https://manhattanbookreview.com/product/immortality-bytes-digital-minds-dont-get-hungry/
• https://www.independentauthornetwork.com/2024-winners-and-finalists.html
• https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/daniel-lawrence-abrams/immortality-bytes-7/
