by Daniel Lawrence Abrams
5.0 stars – 40 reviews
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“LIVING FOREVER… IT’S ALMOST WORTH DYING FOR”
• “A supercharged, high-stakes cyberpunk thriller.” — VERDICT: ✓GET IT — Kirkus Reviews
• “Dark humor and crisp dialogue drive the twisty storytelling” — EDITOR’S PICK — Publishers Weekly’s Booklife Reviews
• Winner “Best Science Fiction: Cyberpunk” in the 7th Annual American Fiction Awards (2024)
• Shortlisted for Chanticleer’s Cygnus Award for Best Science Fiction (2025)
• “Feels like an American Douglas Adams” (4/5 stars) — San Francisco Book Review
• “Direct, energetic prose… Immortality Bytes is a humorous dystopian novel” (4/5 stars)
— Foreword/Clarion Reviews
• Winner “Best Humor/Satire” in the Storytrade Awards (a Reedsy “Top Writing Contest” 2024).
IMMORTALITY BYTES: Digital Minds Don’t Get Hungry
One-line Story Pitch: “When an idealistic hacker’s ex-girlfriend nears inventing digital immortality, an indicted tycoon compels him to steal it.”
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.”