“Dark humor and crisp dialogue drive the twisty storytelling” — ✓EDITOR'S PICK — Publishers Weekly's Booklife Reviews

When an idealistic hacker’s ex-girlfriend nears inventing digital immortality, an indicted tycoon compels him to steal it.

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.

OTHER REVIEWS:

1) “A supercharged, high-stakes cyberpunk thriller.” — OUR VERDICT:✓GET IT — Kirkus Reviews

2) “Perfect for anyone looking for a fun, easy read that combines sci-fi elements with a bit of social satire." — 5-Stars(⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐) — Manhattan Book Review

3) “feels like an American Douglas Adams” — San Francisco Book Review

AWARDS:

• Winner “Best Science Fiction” & "Best Political Fiction" — American Writing Awards (2024)

• Winner “Best Humor/Satire” — Storytrade Awards (2024)

• Winner “Best Sci-Fi Humor” — annual Indies Today Awards (Announced January 2025)

• Finalist — Chanticleer's CIBA Award for Best "Humor & Satire"

• Triple Finalist: Best Sci-Fi, Best Humor/Satire, & Best First Novel — IAN Book of the Year Awards (2024)

• Winner “Best Sci-Fi: Cyberpunk” (and Finalist: "Best Humor/Comedy/Satire," "Best Thriller:Techno”) — 7th Annual American Fiction Awards (2024)

Links to Reviews and Awards — https://linktr.ee/immortalitybytes

1-Minute Trailer: https://youtu.be/Mr9eIe4TKOg

Here's the media kit PDF: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1idSqpyZzvROeS0pmuIxn_wrWpTh0ixve/view?usp=sharing

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217010415-immortality-bytes

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