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Immortal Life: A Soon To Be True Story
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Immortal Life: A Soon To Be True Story

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An ancient mogul has bought the power to live forever, but the strong young body he plans to inhabit has other ideas. The battle for immortal life begins in Stanley Bing’s stimulating, satirical and perhaps even visionary novel (Wall Street Journal).

Immortal life. A fantasy, an impossible dream-or is it? The moguls of Big Tech are pouring their mountain of wealth into finding a cure for death and they are determined to succeed.

None of these titans is richer than Arthur Vogel. The inventor, tech tycoon, and all-round monster has amassed trillions of dollars and rules over a corporate empire stretching all the way to Mars. The newest-and most expensive-life extension technology has allowed him to live to 127 years, but time is running out. His last hope to escape the inevitable lies with Gene, a human specifically created for the purpose of housing Arthur’s consciousness. The plan is to discard his aged body and come to a second life in a young, strong host. But there’s a problem: Gene. He may be artificial, but he is a person-and he has other ideas.

As Arthur sets off to achieve his goal of world domination, Gene hatches a risky plan of his own. The forces against him are rich, determined, and used to getting what they pay for. The battle between creator and creation is heightened as the two minds wrestle for control of one body.

Mixing brisk action, humor, and wicked social commentary, author Stanley Bing has crafted an engaging and cautionary tale about the direction in which spaceship Earth is hurtling (USA Today). Welcome to a brave new world that is too familiar for comfort-and watch the struggle for humanity play out to the bitter end.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Country
United States
Date
1 December 2018
Pages
320
ISBN
9781501119842

An ancient mogul has bought the power to live forever, but the strong young body he plans to inhabit has other ideas. The battle for immortal life begins in Stanley Bing’s stimulating, satirical and perhaps even visionary novel (Wall Street Journal).

Immortal life. A fantasy, an impossible dream-or is it? The moguls of Big Tech are pouring their mountain of wealth into finding a cure for death and they are determined to succeed.

None of these titans is richer than Arthur Vogel. The inventor, tech tycoon, and all-round monster has amassed trillions of dollars and rules over a corporate empire stretching all the way to Mars. The newest-and most expensive-life extension technology has allowed him to live to 127 years, but time is running out. His last hope to escape the inevitable lies with Gene, a human specifically created for the purpose of housing Arthur’s consciousness. The plan is to discard his aged body and come to a second life in a young, strong host. But there’s a problem: Gene. He may be artificial, but he is a person-and he has other ideas.

As Arthur sets off to achieve his goal of world domination, Gene hatches a risky plan of his own. The forces against him are rich, determined, and used to getting what they pay for. The battle between creator and creation is heightened as the two minds wrestle for control of one body.

Mixing brisk action, humor, and wicked social commentary, author Stanley Bing has crafted an engaging and cautionary tale about the direction in which spaceship Earth is hurtling (USA Today). Welcome to a brave new world that is too familiar for comfort-and watch the struggle for humanity play out to the bitter end.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Country
United States
Date
1 December 2018
Pages
320
ISBN
9781501119842