A pair of kind Amortals reviews cropped up recently. Over at SFSite.com, Michael M. Jones says many great things, including: The end result is a much deeper, more complex story than I was expecting, with a thought-provoking ending. What you get, thusly, is an action-filled, tense piece with plenty of cinematic moments and a heck of a payoff. Some of …

Over at Flames Rising, my friend Bill Bodden interviews me about Amortals. The conversation runs from my reasons for writing the book to what’s coming up next. (Hint: Vegas Knights.) Be sure to check it out.

Over at John Scalzi‘s blog Whatever today, I have a guest post in his “The Big Idea” series, in which writers explain what inspired them to write a particular book. For mine, I explain how Amortals got its start with a, um, snuff film. As John writes in his introduction: In the annals of the dreaded author question “where do …

Here are a couple more reviews for Amortals that slipped past me in the chaos around the holidays. First up, my friend Bill Bodden enjoyed the book over at Flames Rising. Among other things, he writes: Amortals is a fast and engrossing read, highly original, and with more than its fair share of surprises. If you like thrillers with a science-fiction …

At Apex Books, Jennifer Brozek–a fine writer whose The Little Finance Book That Could sits on my to-read shelf right now–gives Amortals a sweet review, after which she goes on to interview me about the book. The conversation ranges from the themes behind the book to the kind of music I listened to while writing it. Jenn gives Amortals a …

I know, it’s looking like all Amortals all the time on my website, but what can I say? The book just hit the US, and I’m more than a bit thrilled about it. I’m truly grateful for the reception it’s getting. To those of you who enjoyed the book and take time to tell others about it – whether in …

Over at SFRevu.com, Drew Bittner gives Amortals a rave review. He writes: Forbeck constructs a near-future Washington DC that seems eerily plausible (to this local, anyway), creating a culture where amortality is widespread and the “life is cheap” ethos is taken to some unusual extremes… But Forbeck’s real genius here is keeping the big and obvious aspect of this biotech …

Back in November, SFBook.com gave Amortals a five-star review and named it the Book of the Month. That automatically put it into the competition for Book of the Year, pitting it against such stalwarts and bestsellers as Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Pat Rothfuss’s The Name of the Wind, and Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land. At the end of a …

Last year, in anticipation of the publication of Amortals, I joined the International Thriller Writers. It’s a spiffy organization headlined by some top-named talent, and one of the best parts about it is that it’s free to those qualified to join. The people behind it do an excellent job of aggressively promoting their authors, and as part of that Christine …

Over at Figures.com, Jess Horsley gives Amortals a glowing review. Amortals starts out with a thunder cracker and accelerates full speed ahead, forcing readers to delve headlong with Dooley on this exciting quest to not only find and capture his killer, but understand why he was killed. He also compares the book to Richard Morgan’s Altered Carbon, Warren Hammond’s Kop or Ex-Kop, and …