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Author Ted Cross takes the reader into a future world where technology is both a great blessing and a terrible curse. His vision of medical nanobots, human-machine interfaces and flying cars is balanced by his development of real characters facing extraordinary challenges. Millions are trapped in virtual realities more addictive than heroin. Others are forced to live underground. As with our current world, those without means suffer the greatest deprivations.
The Immortality Game’s core protagonist is a tough woman, Zoya, who is dragged into the brutal realm of Moscow’s mafia when her brother entrusts her with stolen goods. This one act propels her on a journey fraught with danger, death and the chance to discover herself.
Throughout the read you are enthralled by chase sequences through the city’s long abandoned subway system and ghost town apartment highrises. You feel the terror Zoya feels being pursued by relentless thugs and the exhilaration she experiences when she triumphs over the toughest of adversaries.
Her adventures are interleaved with those of another, almost hapless figure who is forced to chase after those same stolen goods to save his father’s life. Zoya’s interactions with him are not pleasant, but he is enchanted by her force of will and he is compelled to help her face the many dangers she must brave on her journey.
Throughout the read you are introduced to interesting characters. Some of them get what they want. Some die. The Immortality Game gives you a glimpse into a future full of intrigue and adventure. A strongly recommended read.


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The Immortality Game Ted Cross Books Reviews

Actual rating 4.5 stars

It's year 2138 in Moscow. Zoya is working with a corpse when her brother, Georgy suddenly appears at the morgue. He thrusts a package to her and asks her help to deliver the package back to him the next day. Zoya never thought that day would change her life, forever.

The Immortal Game is a cyberpunk, dystopian science fiction that sets in the future where everyone has some sort of network connection port and card slot that is implanted into their bodies. Wealthier people could even get wireless device"installed" into their system to allow wireless communications among users. How convenient is that.

I purchased The Immortal Game on with only $ 0.99. My original purpose is to read some science fiction with premise like biotechnology for one of my story ideas. At first, I felt obliged to read it since it's a "reference book" and the pace at the beginning of the book is quite slow. It's understandable as usually science fiction will need some time to getting the environment setup for the readers.

So, I started reading it in October 2015 then I set it aside after reading about 12% of the book. Then since 15th March 2016, I resumed reading the book, thanks to the Cloud Reader which provides me convenience of reading at my work desk. )

Ted's idea of having human bodies implanted with data ports and slots might not be original but I personally find it amusing because I'm a programmer. Having an ability to read from a data card through the port/slot is a very cool idea and it makes human a cyborg! Imagine that you don't need a cellphone to make phone calls to your friend, all you need is a wireless device implanted in your body!

The character of Zoya undergoing a very great development in this book. The lost of her beloved family members and friends having a great impact on how she behaves, not to say that something critical happened in between that allows her to become Lara Croft.

The story picked up its pace after Zoya encountered with the mobsters that are hunting for the two data cards that exists in the package she reluctantly received from Georgy. Apparently the content of the cards might change the world in a disastrous way if they landed on the hands of the bad guys. It starts to get more intense when Marcus joins Zoya in her suicidal mission.

I found the resolution comes in too quickly, I expect to have more explanations going on. But in overall, it's a satisfying ending which triggered my serious thought in this topic. Do I want to be immortal? It's interesting to have another version of me in different body. How would "we" interact with each other? Could we get along well simply because we're having the same thought?

I definitely think this book is worth reading if you're a big fan of science fiction, especially on cyberpunk. That'll be great if this story is made into a movie.
You know when a friend has written a book, and you think of the other books written by other friends that really weren't good, but you keep buying books by your friends because 1) they're your friends, and 2) 1 in 10 is very, very good, so you go ahead and buy the book, and hope you can be honest with your friend afterward? I had those concerns buying The Immortality Game. I know Ted Cross. I like Ted Cross, human. And now, I'm thrilled to report that I'm a fan of Ted Cross, author. Ted asked me to write a review of his book, but he has no idea what I'm about to say.
The Immortality Game is a rush. You tear through 2 insanely difficult days in the lives of the characters, and Cross' writing pulls you through chapter after chapter. I was late for work one morning, because I started reading the book with my coffee, and didn't want to put it down. I even forgot to drink my coffee (and people who know me know that I never forget to drink my coffee).
It isn't just an exciting blast through events; like all good science fiction, you are led to think philosophically about life, about what the future of computing might be, and how connected we really want to be with one another. You get a little questioning of the morality of certain aspects of cloning, some major class divisions, and some deep, deep problems with addiction and its implications. But all that philosophy is imbedded in the story so seamlessly that you find yourself thinking about it later, rather than feeling bogged down in reading it.
I would have loved to give it 5 stars, but there are enough minor hiccups in language usage to give me pause. They are the sort of thing that would be caught by a team of editors at a larger publisher, but the story telling compelled me onward.
You need to read this book.
Author Ted Cross takes the reader into a future world where technology is both a great blessing and a terrible curse. His vision of medical nanobots, human-machine interfaces and flying cars is balanced by his development of real characters facing extraordinary challenges. Millions are trapped in virtual realities more addictive than heroin. Others are forced to live underground. As with our current world, those without means suffer the greatest deprivations.
The Immortality Game’s core protagonist is a tough woman, Zoya, who is dragged into the brutal realm of Moscow’s mafia when her brother entrusts her with stolen goods. This one act propels her on a journey fraught with danger, death and the chance to discover herself.
Throughout the read you are enthralled by chase sequences through the city’s long abandoned subway system and ghost town apartment highrises. You feel the terror Zoya feels being pursued by relentless thugs and the exhilaration she experiences when she triumphs over the toughest of adversaries.
Her adventures are interleaved with those of another, almost hapless figure who is forced to chase after those same stolen goods to save his father’s life. Zoya’s interactions with him are not pleasant, but he is enchanted by her force of will and he is compelled to help her face the many dangers she must brave on her journey.
Throughout the read you are introduced to interesting characters. Some of them get what they want. Some die. The Immortality Game gives you a glimpse into a future full of intrigue and adventure. A strongly recommended read.