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FOREVERMAN
What kind of man could live for 3,000 years without knowing why he evaded death?
Matt Blacq is that man, destined to wander until the day he sits beside a stranger on a bench in Central Park.
So begins the odyssey that propels Matt Blacq across time and space to discover dangerous secrets buried for three millennia.
FOREVERMAN is the first book in the masterful new 6 book series by the internationally bestselling author, Torsten Krol.
Matt Blacq is that man, destined to wander until the day he sits beside a stranger on a bench in Central Park.
So begins the odyssey that propels Matt Blacq across time and space to discover dangerous secrets buried for three millennia.
FOREVERMAN is the first book in the masterful new 6 book series by the internationally bestselling author, Torsten Krol.
210 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 3, 2018
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August 6, 2020
Not one of my favorites. Follows the life of a guy who’s immortal, but it’s all set in present day intertwined with his love affair with a woman with cancer. It ends up being rather corny. The dialogue reads as really false, people just do not speak this way. There’s a battle between pharmaceutical companies that just again doesn’t ring true. And a good portion of the book revolves around a trip to the Grand Canyon; however, the author refuses to use an article in front of Grand Canyon, which sounds like nothing I’ve ever heard before and is quite jarring and obnoxious. “We’re going to Grand Canyon.” “On our trip to Grand Canyon.” “We still planned to visit Grand Canyon.” Where’s the article? Growing up in the United States I’ve never heard someone say that nor seen it in print. Perhaps because the author is Australian? But again it just doesn’t sound like real dialogue. Overall the book was just not great and thankfully I didn’t buy the numerous sequels in advance.
June 8, 2018
Highly entertaining book by the mysterious Torsten Krol. This is the first of a 6 book series, with a new book released every month from May 2018 to October 2018. Foreverman follows a 3,000 year old man who doesn’t age and has no idea why. I don’t have any idea where this series is going and can’t wait to find out.
June 14, 2018
Part #1 was a great beginning of the series.
A weird idea, a crazy road trip, some unexpected plot twists and a love story - this is Foreverman. I enjoyed every page.
A weird idea, a crazy road trip, some unexpected plot twists and a love story - this is Foreverman. I enjoyed every page.
February 12, 2021
I enjoyed this read over a handful of mornings and afternoons while I procrastinated working on my own projects. The story starts with our main character of self-seeking anonymity Matt, being virally discovered by his to-be girlfriend and lover in New York because for some reason even he is unaware of, birds are attracted to his presence. From there, Matt and Ellie go begin a road trip to the Grand Canyon, and a journey of hijinks and worldwide espionage begins to see which "dastardly" medical corporation will first be able to perfect a world-saving disease-curing serum from his blood.
Characters assert themselves upon the plot, with more than one of them being able to consequentially impact where our protagonists go or what happens to them again and again. Frank does this the most with his constant and perpetual double-agentism and clever invasive tactics, which allowed him to profit greatly, and try to reconnect with Matt, his adoptive father. Madame Gagool, Howard, and the Hindus that show up at the end do this as well with their resources and corporations, and Foreverman really gets manipulated by just about every party on and off until he gains enough leverage again to take control, at the end of the story. Matt's internal thinking and Ellie's maternal protection of him were what really began to endear me to the story when I began to lose a little interest. Also, Hernando and several quips got me to chuckle.
From his original viral discovery to his blood-transfusion with Ellie, which sparks his original downward descent, Matt and Ellie are rarely in control of their destinies before one of the companies or characters interfere again. This is where Foreverman struggles for me. The book isn't too long and was relatively entertaining, but because of the nature of the parties in play throughout the narrative, a few scenes that are basically the same, but with different characters/settings play out time and time again and again. Maybe it's because of the modern technology that Matt was able to be tracked so easily, but I also would have expected more of a fight for privacy from a man who has lived forever not to be found by anyone.
Characters have flaws though, so the plot progression is fine. However, I did question Matt's rather flaccid attitude before ever becoming vindictive when he gave Frank chance after chance to keep tracking him down, rather than chucking the cliched tracking device up into opportunely placed helicopter rotors halfway through the book. This would have at least made the corporations improvise a new way to track Matt. He would also be more badass if he had done that. I thought the world-building and history of Matt's life was pretty interesting in the way that it included scenes with Matt influencing historical figures that he had forgotten about, over time. Although, other aspects of his history and the world are underserved, likely deferred to the sequels I'm aware of.
I think there are plenty of reasons for readers who thoroughly enjoy this first read to come back for the sequels. It would be great to see a deeper dive into the corporate-espionage side of the series. Their power feels kind of hollow when they just abduct Matt and just take him to roadstops, without the readers getting to see how much clout is actually behind their shadow operations. More intense car-chases/fight scenes, opportunities for the sequels, I suppose. Best wishes to Krol with future projects and stories.
Characters assert themselves upon the plot, with more than one of them being able to consequentially impact where our protagonists go or what happens to them again and again. Frank does this the most with his constant and perpetual double-agentism and clever invasive tactics, which allowed him to profit greatly, and try to reconnect with Matt, his adoptive father. Madame Gagool, Howard, and the Hindus that show up at the end do this as well with their resources and corporations, and Foreverman really gets manipulated by just about every party on and off until he gains enough leverage again to take control, at the end of the story. Matt's internal thinking and Ellie's maternal protection of him were what really began to endear me to the story when I began to lose a little interest. Also, Hernando and several quips got me to chuckle.
From his original viral discovery to his blood-transfusion with Ellie, which sparks his original downward descent, Matt and Ellie are rarely in control of their destinies before one of the companies or characters interfere again. This is where Foreverman struggles for me. The book isn't too long and was relatively entertaining, but because of the nature of the parties in play throughout the narrative, a few scenes that are basically the same, but with different characters/settings play out time and time again and again. Maybe it's because of the modern technology that Matt was able to be tracked so easily, but I also would have expected more of a fight for privacy from a man who has lived forever not to be found by anyone.
Characters have flaws though, so the plot progression is fine. However, I did question Matt's rather flaccid attitude before ever becoming vindictive when he gave Frank chance after chance to keep tracking him down, rather than chucking the cliched tracking device up into opportunely placed helicopter rotors halfway through the book. This would have at least made the corporations improvise a new way to track Matt. He would also be more badass if he had done that. I thought the world-building and history of Matt's life was pretty interesting in the way that it included scenes with Matt influencing historical figures that he had forgotten about, over time. Although, other aspects of his history and the world are underserved, likely deferred to the sequels I'm aware of.
I think there are plenty of reasons for readers who thoroughly enjoy this first read to come back for the sequels. It would be great to see a deeper dive into the corporate-espionage side of the series. Their power feels kind of hollow when they just abduct Matt and just take him to roadstops, without the readers getting to see how much clout is actually behind their shadow operations. More intense car-chases/fight scenes, opportunities for the sequels, I suppose. Best wishes to Krol with future projects and stories.
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