Wonder about the world of our great-great-grandchildren? Who will survive?
This is the fourth episode of FOREVER YOUNG, a climate fiction/hard
science fiction novel in 4 episodes set 200 years from now. Life on
earth is headed for extinction and society is divided between the
ultra-rich and the rest who suffer the full onslaught of climate change
and pollution. Part One explores the costly Age Prevention Programme
(APP) and what it means to belong to it...or remain outside – for Alice,
a lovely Swiss nurse, for ambitious Lizzie, a talented golf player, the
descendant of the mythical Tiger Woods, and for adventurous Jamie, a
brilliant reporter for the World and US Post. Part Two, "The Immortality
Trip" is the name given to the project to transport a contingent of One
Percenters to the nearest liveable exoplanet and settle it. Will Jamie,
Lizzie and Alice be able to board that trip? Part Three, “The
Hibernation party” introduces the other option opened to One Percenters
to survive extinction: take refuge on Antarctica, the last virgin
continent. Jamie discovers the dangers of this option when Gary Trude,
the head of the Hibernation Party , a despot with Hitler’s dangerous
ambitions, threatens him and his friends. Can they escape from Gary
Trude?
Part Four, “The Longevity Gene” introduces yet another twist in this
tormented future world: can a gene make a difference for survival of
the human race and why is Gary Trude focused on it? Meanwhile our
friends are set to fly to the ‘Forever Planet’, but will they all make
it?
The novel - classified as both a "hard" science fiction and a
climate fiction novel - interweaves several plot lines. The first
chronicles the love triangle between Alice, Lizzie, and Jamie. The
second covers the only two options left to save humanity, both reserved
to One Percenters: one, escape to another pristine planet, a thousand
light years away; the other, retreat to Antarctica, the last virgin
continent. A ruthless rivalry develops between those who aim to stay on
Earth and those bent on escaping to another world. The third follows the
murderous attempts of one determined 99 Percenter, Ernie, a retired
Blue Beret who is hell-bent on carving a place for himself in the Age
Prevention Program.
NOTE TO THE READER: This book follows the model of
serialized novels, like Hugh Howey's best-selling WOOL , and is
published in four separate parts, each self-standing. It is however
preferable to read them in order as follows:
Part One: Gateway to Forever
Part Two: The Immortality Trip
Part Three: The Hibernation Party
Part Four: The Longevity Gene
The omnibus edition, containing all four parts, is also available.
