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How far would you go to live forever?

Brilliant scientist Joe Messenger believes that people can be made to live forever. Knowing the human body can be frozen indefinitely, Joe devises a way of downloading the human brain into a supercomputer called ARCHIVE.

But Joe's wife, Karen, is worried by his preoccupation with ARCHIVE, which seems to be developing signs of a distinct and sinister personality of its own.

Then, just as Joe is on the brink of a scientific breakthrough, a series of macabre accidents befall him and his family - and Joe finds himself facing the terrifying consequences of his own obsessions.

Also from multimillion-copy best-selling author of the Roy Grace novels:

  • Possession
  • Dreamer
  • Sweet Heart
  • Twilight
  • Prophecy
  • Host
  • Alchemist
  • Denial
  • The Truth
  • Faith
©2018 Peter James (P)2018 Orion Publishing Group Crime Thrillers Fiction Mystery Suspense Technothrillers Thriller Thriller & Suspense Technology Paranormal Crime Exciting Heartfelt Scary Computer Science

Critic reviews

"Easily James's best book to date; a thought-provoking menacer that's completely technological and genuinely frightening about the power of future communications." (Time Out)
"Compulsive...I cannot remember when I last read a novel I enjoyed so much." (Sunday Telegraph)
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Once you get past the tedious explanations of cryogenic , it becomes more interesting. However you need the explanation to understand the interesting probabilities it throws up . Especially liked the length of the book . Got fed up with the " no has to die ' because. Cryogenic is not performed until after death !!!8

A little scary

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A lot of time spent laying out signposts to obvious conclusions. Story survived 26 years well. Maybe it has been in cryostasis?

A bit slow getting to the obvious in places

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loved it. compelling listen. great companion . never disappoints..well read and as always a great story

Superb

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I really love Peter James’ books and never been disappointed with one before. It’s not aged well, but from a societal perspective rather than a technological one. It’s quite misogynistic and there is some lazy, unoriginal writing of female characters. That said, the performance was very good, an easy listen. It also raised some very interesting themes that certainly got me thinking.

Not aged well…

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The twist at the end was excellent! It really made you rethink the whole story up until that moment, I won’t spoil it but wow!

Excellent twist I did not see coming

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