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The Forever Game: Life-Saving Technology Can Be Deadly
"The Forever Game by Jeffrey James Higgins is a tautly-plotted thriller bursting with both action and depth. Higgins himself has 'been there and done that,' and this experience reveals itself on every page. I’ve no doubt readers will be hungry for more adventures from Adam Locke." –Mark Greaney #1 NYT Bestselling Author of THE CHAOS AGENT, a GRAY MAN NOVEL
Special Agent Adam Locke quits DEA and joins his brother's artificial intelligence company so he can care for his dying girlfriend, but when his brother is killed in a suspicious accident, Adam discovers life-saving technology can be also deadly.
Being a special agent meant everything to Adam, but when his girlfriend is diagnosed with cancer, he resigns to be closer to home. He takes a job at his brother's AI start-up and works for an eccentric billionaire on Cuttyhunk Island, a tiny community near Cape Cod.
Forever Technology promises artificial intelligence will extend life, but after a scientist falls off a cliff and Adam's brother dies in an explosion, Adam believes someone is killing to protect the priceless innovation.
The clock is ticking as Adam fights to use the technology to save his girlfriend and to prove his brother was murdered before the killer can escape with the world's most valuable scientific discovery.
The Forever Game examines the philosophical issues that arise when artificial intelligence can cure disease, download minds, and offer eternal life. It explores the nature of consciousness and what it means to be human.
Special Agent Adam Locke quits DEA and joins his brother's artificial intelligence company so he can care for his dying girlfriend, but when his brother is killed in a suspicious accident, Adam discovers life-saving technology can be also deadly.
Being a special agent meant everything to Adam, but when his girlfriend is diagnosed with cancer, he resigns to be closer to home. He takes a job at his brother's AI start-up and works for an eccentric billionaire on Cuttyhunk Island, a tiny community near Cape Cod.
Forever Technology promises artificial intelligence will extend life, but after a scientist falls off a cliff and Adam's brother dies in an explosion, Adam believes someone is killing to protect the priceless innovation.
The clock is ticking as Adam fights to use the technology to save his girlfriend and to prove his brother was murdered before the killer can escape with the world's most valuable scientific discovery.
The Forever Game examines the philosophical issues that arise when artificial intelligence can cure disease, download minds, and offer eternal life. It explores the nature of consciousness and what it means to be human.
- GenresThriller
363 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 29, 2024
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About the author
Jeffrey James Higgins
14 books100 followersJeffrey James Higgins is a retired supervisory special agent who writes thrillers, short stories, creative nonfiction, and essays. He has wrestled a suicide bomber, fought the Taliban in combat, and chased terrorists across five continents. He received the Attorney General's Award for Exceptional Heroism and the DEA Award of Valor.
Jeffrey has been interviewed by CNN, National Geographic, and The New York Times. He’s a #1 Amazon bestselling author with 18 literary awards, including the Claymore Award, PenCraft’s Best Fiction Book of 2022, and a Reader’s Favorite Gold Medal.
He has been a panelist at ThrillerFest, Killer Nashville, Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity, and other conferences.
Black Rose Writing published his first two novels, FURIOUS and UNSEEN, and THE FOREVER GAME launches on February 29, 2024.
Jeffrey is an active member of the Authors Guild, The Virginia Writers Club, International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, and the Royal Writers Secret Society. Discover his writing at https://JeffreyJamesHiggins.com.
Jeffrey has been interviewed by CNN, National Geographic, and The New York Times. He’s a #1 Amazon bestselling author with 18 literary awards, including the Claymore Award, PenCraft’s Best Fiction Book of 2022, and a Reader’s Favorite Gold Medal.
He has been a panelist at ThrillerFest, Killer Nashville, Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity, and other conferences.
Black Rose Writing published his first two novels, FURIOUS and UNSEEN, and THE FOREVER GAME launches on February 29, 2024.
Jeffrey is an active member of the Authors Guild, The Virginia Writers Club, International Thriller Writers, Sisters in Crime, and the Royal Writers Secret Society. Discover his writing at https://JeffreyJamesHiggins.com.
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March 18, 2024
When DEA Special Agent Adam Locke's wife is diagnosed with cancer, he takes a step down in his career to take care of her. This means working with his rich brother as a security guard.
He is to find out that in terms of danger from industrial espionage and more, it is not a step down at all. For his brother was working for a company using AI and software to upload the entire consciousness of an individual onto a computer., to be uploaded into something better. A tempting prospect for someone whose loved one is dying.
Also tempting for anyone driven by less than the best of motives. By evil.
Then, key employees start getting murdered. Locke has to track down which interests, family or international, are seeking to profiteer from these extraordinary discoveries.
Whether or not modern technology has really got to the point it reaches here, and whether a cure for death is really this feasible, this is a superb thriller as well as a satisfying whodunit, with the villain truly hiding in plain sight. The authenticity of the novel comes from the writer's own experience as a cop, the science fiction of it plausible enough to add to unease about where technology might be headed.
A highly engrossing read!
He is to find out that in terms of danger from industrial espionage and more, it is not a step down at all. For his brother was working for a company using AI and software to upload the entire consciousness of an individual onto a computer., to be uploaded into something better. A tempting prospect for someone whose loved one is dying.
Also tempting for anyone driven by less than the best of motives. By evil.
Then, key employees start getting murdered. Locke has to track down which interests, family or international, are seeking to profiteer from these extraordinary discoveries.
Whether or not modern technology has really got to the point it reaches here, and whether a cure for death is really this feasible, this is a superb thriller as well as a satisfying whodunit, with the villain truly hiding in plain sight. The authenticity of the novel comes from the writer's own experience as a cop, the science fiction of it plausible enough to add to unease about where technology might be headed.
A highly engrossing read!
February 7, 2024
A former DEA agent, whose girlfriend is dying of cancer, becomes a security consultant at a company that is combining AI with brain mapping in order to scan and download the essence of a person. The goal is to extend life, but several people with connections to the Forever Technology company have lost theirs. Can Agent Adam Locke uncover the secrets before anyone else dies, including his girlfriend?
This book will keep the reader awake into the wee hours trying to figure out who is on which side of right and wrong, good and evil. The writing is excellent with well-developed characters and vivid linguistic paintings of the island, the research facility, and other locales. The descriptions of technology seem believable and just around the corner in real life. All of these elements combine into a satisfying novel worthy of a second read.
This book will keep the reader awake into the wee hours trying to figure out who is on which side of right and wrong, good and evil. The writing is excellent with well-developed characters and vivid linguistic paintings of the island, the research facility, and other locales. The descriptions of technology seem believable and just around the corner in real life. All of these elements combine into a satisfying novel worthy of a second read.
May 4, 2024
The reviews of “The Forever Game” by Jeffrey James Higgins were so good that I purchased the e-book. DEA Special Agent, Adam Locke, was employed by his brother as a security officer for a tech company, Forever Technology, that was secretly using A1 technology to download a person’s consciousness to create a whole, healthy person. Adam’s girlfriend was dying of cancer so the technology, he thought, could benefit her. It was also a means of earning a living after he resigned from the DEA to care for his girlfriend.
Although the job seemed like a piece of cake at first, staff from the company, including Adam’s brother, were murdered, and Adam was determined to solve these crimes.
Mr. Higgins’ research on the technical aspects of this story was very well done. One could believe that this could happen in the future, and the completion of the project would be worth billions of dollars. I would be uneasy if it ever came to fruition.
There was a possibility of a few villains and the likelihood of industrial espionage. Adam has a tough job following clues because there are so many probabilities, and he is stressed about his girlfriend’s illness and is also pressured by his widowed sister-in-law.
The story is plausible and thrilling and keeps you on the edge of your seat.
Well done, Mr. Higgins, for a well-developed story.
Although the job seemed like a piece of cake at first, staff from the company, including Adam’s brother, were murdered, and Adam was determined to solve these crimes.
Mr. Higgins’ research on the technical aspects of this story was very well done. One could believe that this could happen in the future, and the completion of the project would be worth billions of dollars. I would be uneasy if it ever came to fruition.
There was a possibility of a few villains and the likelihood of industrial espionage. Adam has a tough job following clues because there are so many probabilities, and he is stressed about his girlfriend’s illness and is also pressured by his widowed sister-in-law.
The story is plausible and thrilling and keeps you on the edge of your seat.
Well done, Mr. Higgins, for a well-developed story.
October 15, 2025
The book kicks off with a gripping special-ops mission—maybe a bit long and overly detailed at first—but don’t let that fool you. It’s laying the groundwork for what becomes a fast-moving, intelligent thriller that keeps you turning pages long past bedtime. Once the operation wraps, the story really ignites.
Adam, a DEA agent, joins his brother’s cutting-edge biotech company after his girlfriend is diagnosed with a terminal illness—hoping their experimental treatments can save her. But when key employees start dying on the company’s remote island facility off Massachusetts, Adam finds himself pulled into a deadly mystery that’s part murder investigation, part moral reckoning.
The story is both thrilling and thought-provoking. Beneath the action lies a chilling look at futuristic technology and the ethics of pushing science too far. The writing is sharp, the pacing precise, and the character development feels authentic—these people breathe and bleed. Even as the bullets fly, there’s heart and humanity behind every choice.
I’m a picky reader who rejects most so-called “best-sellers,” but this one hooked me completely. I don’t usually go for thrillers, yet I couldn’t put it down. Honestly, it’s cinematic—this novel would make a killer movie.
Adam, a DEA agent, joins his brother’s cutting-edge biotech company after his girlfriend is diagnosed with a terminal illness—hoping their experimental treatments can save her. But when key employees start dying on the company’s remote island facility off Massachusetts, Adam finds himself pulled into a deadly mystery that’s part murder investigation, part moral reckoning.
The story is both thrilling and thought-provoking. Beneath the action lies a chilling look at futuristic technology and the ethics of pushing science too far. The writing is sharp, the pacing precise, and the character development feels authentic—these people breathe and bleed. Even as the bullets fly, there’s heart and humanity behind every choice.
I’m a picky reader who rejects most so-called “best-sellers,” but this one hooked me completely. I don’t usually go for thrillers, yet I couldn’t put it down. Honestly, it’s cinematic—this novel would make a killer movie.
March 25, 2024
Adam's brother has made millions with his new cutting edge company while Adam is working for the DEA. Adam's girlfriend is in the end stages of a disease that will kill her so he takes a position at his brother's company, in security in order to get her treatment.
All is not well. The company has a cutting edge facility on an island off the coast of Massachusetts and someone has died, shortly before Adam arrives. Then more company-critical people die. What is going on? Adam seems to be the right person to get to the bottom of it, but he's also concerned about his girlfriend's life.
A thriller that will keep you wanting to know how it all turns out.
All is not well. The company has a cutting edge facility on an island off the coast of Massachusetts and someone has died, shortly before Adam arrives. Then more company-critical people die. What is going on? Adam seems to be the right person to get to the bottom of it, but he's also concerned about his girlfriend's life.
A thriller that will keep you wanting to know how it all turns out.
February 5, 2024
AI technology has reached a point where a ‘singularity’ is in sight—human and machine intelligence merge. A former DEA agent, Adam, is in the middle of the story: his brother is the money man for the tech company, and his girlfriend would benefit from the research as she is dying. With big money involved, trouble ensues. Murders mount as key personnel are eliminated. Finding out who’s responsibility falls to Adam in what may be the start of an excellent series. I received the advanced copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher and voluntarily provided an honest review.
March 12, 2024
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this story. It kept me on the edge of my seat, and it was very fast paced reading. It’s also very scary knowing that this could be something that could be happening in our lifetime very soon in the future. I would recommend this to anybody who enjoys reading mystery, suspense, and about advanced technology.
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. This is my honest and voluntary review.
I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley. This is my honest and voluntary review.
March 26, 2024
At the forefront of this gripping thriller are the possible uses of the described technology. I really hope it will never be possible to download a persons conciousness and thought process in order to recreate the person - or worse. It won't do us any good to play God.
It is only logical that a project like this would draw every imaginable enemy to get it.
It is only logical that a project like this would draw every imaginable enemy to get it.
December 25, 2024
Super exciting and fun to read!!!
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