Immortality
Kirkus: “There is enough power in the premise to leave readers reeling.”
Publisher’s Weekly STARRED review: “Bohacz’s vision of a humanity that faces the need to evolve profoundly or face certain destruction is as timely as today’s news and as chilling a doomsday scenario as any ecological catastrophe can suggest…”
Immortality is a #1 bestselling speculative techno-thriller. It is a prescient two-book story about transhumanism, human evolution, the environment, climate change, the human psyche, and the possibility of immortality.
What if God is only a ghost in a cosmic machine?…
Without warning, something has gone terribly awry in our environment. In the remote and unnoticed places of the world, small pockets of death begin occurring. As the initially isolated extinctions spread, the world’s eyes focus on this unimaginable horror and chaos. Out of the ecological imbalance, something new and extraordinary is evolving and surviving to fill the voids left by these extinctions. Evolution is operating in ways no one could have expected, and environmental damage may be the catalyst. Once discovered, this knowledge changes everything.
Immortality and its sequel, Ghost of the Gods, form a prescient two-book dystopian story about transhuman evolution, the environment, climate change, AI, immortality, and how what we are doing is setting us on a path to pandemics and disaster. Both books can be read standalone, but (hint) please, don’t read Ghost of the Gods before Immortality.
Publisher’s Weekly declares that Kevin Bohacz is one of the “Writers Who Rocked Self-Publishing“ and reports how his books “exploded” on Amazon (their words).
Sci-Fi Reader – S.J. Higbee: “This book manages to do what all the best sci-fi does – provide a thought-provoking, alternative viewpoint on the business of existence. I recommend you give it a go.”
“Speaking as an evolved Transhuman, I applaud this very entertaining, intelligent, and thought-provoking journey to the edges of humanity.” Danny Rubin, author and screenwriter of Groundhog Day.
“Immortality is a fine, tense, scientific mystery adventure that puts mankind in a challenge of survival with a short time limit. This is the way the world could end.” Piers Anthony, author of 21 New York Times best-selling novels.
Immortality, the #1 best science fiction book of 2008 by W Thomas Payne No. 1 – “Immortality” by Kevin Bohacz capitalizes on the theme of impending environmental collapse and the rapid extinction of species that we read about daily in the national news. Following in the wake of the Hugo-award-winning novel “Darwin’s Radio” (Greg Bear), Bohacz keeps the reader riveted with a tale of how the rules of evolution when being crushed by environmental factors could create new species that are “hidden” amongst us – including fellow members of the human race.
Full Publisher’s Weekly STARRED review (quoted above): When human extinctions occur in South America and spread worldwide, paleobiologist and genetic researcher Mark Freedman senses a connection to the Chromatium Omri bacteria, the oldest known life form on Earth linked to previous extinctions. The growing virulence in the “kill zones” spurs Freedman to join forces with Kathy Morrison, expert on viral and bacterial pathogens with the Centers for Disease Control.
Despite personal losses, Freedman and Morrison find romance and make discoveries about the devastation and what lies behind it. Other colorful characters include dedicated policewoman Sarah Mayfair, whose horrific dreams and improbable survival enable contact with the forces behind the outbreaks; cynical Gen. James McKafferty, committed to preserving the U.S. at whatever cost; and Artie Hartman, goaded by his wife’s death to wage war on gangs and government forces indiscriminately.
The seemingly random attacks and emergence of chaos allow Bohacz to explore such themes as whether humanity deserves to survive, the meaning of being human, and the cost of perfect health and immortality. The originality of Bohacz’s ideas is nearly equaled by detailed descriptions of a decontamination lab, the frenzied search for answers, and the aftermath of destruction.
His vision of a humanity that faces the need to evolve profoundly or face certain destruction is as timely as today’s news and as chilling a doomsday scenario as any ecological catastrophe can suggest.
“Every science fiction movie I have ever seen, any one that’s worth its weight in celluloid, warns us about things that ultimately come true.” — Steven Spielberg.
The storyline for Immortality and Ghost of the Gods was completed in 2003 and published in 2007. In the story, the Colorado River and other great rivers are drying up, forests and farms are dying, massive super-wildfires are burning out of control, and mass animal extinction events are occurring. These environmental problems trigger a pandemic called COBIC-3.7.
Twenty years after Immortality was written, in the real world, the Colorado River and the Mississippi River are drying up, forests and farms are dying, super-wildfires are burning out of control, mass animal extinction events are occurring, and a pandemic called COVID-19 has swept the land partially as a result of climate change forcing wild animals into closer proximity with people.
These novels proved to be prescient in many large and small details, including small things such as calling the pandemic COBIC-3.7, which is eerily similar in spelling to COVID-19. Isn’t it odd how life sometimes imitates fiction?
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