You Can't Buy Eternity!

Lewis Thigpen knows something no one else does. Something that could grant humanity immortality, or condemn it to extinction. In a future where the space frontier has been tamed and civilization spans a dozen worlds, Thigpen's mind holds the key to eternal life. The problem: everyone wants it, and they'll do anything to get it. What follows is a desperate run across the solar system, as corporations, governments, and fanatical cults close in. Thigpen isn't a hero in any traditional sense. He's a man out of his depth, smarter than his pursuers realize but never quite smart enough to stay ahead of them for long. Each escape leads to another trap. Each ally has an angle. The secret in his head is worth more than empires, and Thigpen begins to wonder if it's worth keeping at all. Swain builds his thriller with the precision of someone who understood exactly how tension works: short chapters, hard choices, and a protagonist who earns every victory. The science fiction backdrop serves the story rather than overwhelms it, giving Thigpen's odyssey the weight of consequence. This is survival fiction where the stakes are literal immortality, and nobody gets out clean.