The Forever Man: A Near-Future Thriller
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (770 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00HTMC46U |
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| Number of Pages | : | 382 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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Robert Adam Follis said Sci-fi Noir Thriller, well written, engaging and set in a believable near-future. Quite enthralling and a brilliant picture of Portland Oregon in a Dystopian future. Some very clever imagining of a society in decline with a froth / scum of Super Rich floating on the surface. Good tech, good characters and very readable. My favourite so far is the private SuperMax prison based in the Tucson area airplane graveyard. Recommended for SF & Crime lovers.. Not for Me, But I'd Still Like to Try Some of His Other Works The near-future setting of Portland in The Forever Man is bleak indeed. The city almost seems to be a miniature replica of the entire world complete with areas of third-world status and other areas for the insanely rich. Crime is rampant in most areas except for the gated communities where the very wealthy live.Lane Anslow is no stranger to life on the streets of Portland. He's a contract cop, struggling to make ends meet -- and watch out for his brilliant medical researcher brother who suffers from bipolar disorder. Johnny disappears after calling Lane and telling him he's found the answer that will solve all the problems . A literary sci-fi noir that needs some polishing 3.5 starsThis sci-fi noir reads like a movie script – which was both a good and a bad thing. The book is written in the odd, seldom used present-3rd person, which makes it sound like a director on set giving direction to both the camera man, the effects crew and the actors. It leads to a whole lot of telling and very little showing. What ‘showing’ there was, however, was excellent.This book has diamonds in it. Gold nuggets of literary magic. It’s a shame they are hidden under a somewhat large pile of debris.I refrained from saying ‘a large pile of rubbish’, because this book isn’t r
But he has no idea who’s behind it, how astronomical the stakes are, or how many lives might be destroyed to make it a reality. From the author of The Deus Machine and The Third Pandemic comes a fast-paced thriller about the power of harnessing life itself—and the deadly secrets it conceals. Portland, Oregon, was once a beacon of promise and prosperity. Hunted by dueling enemies, Lane meets a beautiful and enigmatic woman at the center of a vast web of political and criminal intrigue. Now Johnny’s gone missing. If you like nonstop action and intelligent plotting, The Forever Man is the book for you.”—Phillip Margolin, New York Times bestselling author of Worthy Brown’s Daughter. To find him, Lane follows a twisting trail into a billionaire’s hilltop urban fortress, a politician’s