Two hundred years from now, the world is eerily like ours, but much worse. Global warming, no longer the subject of debate, is a fact. Income inequality has created an unbridgeable divide between the ultra-rich and the rest of humanity who suffers from hunger, epidemics, pollution and war. The ultra-rich, a.k.a. as the "forevers" or One Percenters, are the only ones who benefit from the advances of Science, in particular from the Age Prevention Program (APP) that keeps them disease-free and looking young till the day they die at the natural end of their lives, around 140 years.

Alice, young and beautiful but born on the wrong side of the tracks, is determined to make it. But the road to the "forever" world is long and arduous. First, to enter the exclusive APP club, she must be co-opted. Next, she has to be admitted among the few APP members chosen to settle a distant, green planet or, alternatively, retreat to Antarctica, the last virgin continent. Can Jamie, an attractive investigative reporter she's just met, help her? The trouble is that he's involved with another remarkable woman, Lizzie Woods, a dynamic golf champion, descendant of the mythical Tiger Woods. And Lizzie has pressing problems of her own that demand Jamie's attention...

This is the novel of Man's threatened existence on Earth and the search for alternatives. It was highly praised when first published in serialized form under the title "Forever Young".

Excerpt from recent reviews: - "A very plausible future. Too plausible. Scarily plausible." (Bob Rector) - "A cast of characters that range from fascinating to despicable." (Marsha Roberts) - "A prophetic view of our future. Compelling from start to finish" (Lit Amri) - "A growing tension among the main characters as the fatal end approaches." (C.E. Rodriguez) - "A thought-provoking, confronting read." (Alana Woods) - -"I absolutely love the 'forever young' premise about remaining young until you die. There is love, adventure, real heartbreak and all of this is packed into a futuristic thriller. The author has really stretched the imagination to a future world separated into two distinct caste systems. " Judge, 2nd Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published eBook Awards

This is the definitive version, revised and updated, with a new prologue. Please note that the book was originally published as a serialized novel in four parts, under the title Forever Young.

Claude Nougat, a poet, painter and economist (Columbia graduate), is an award-winning author in Italy (recipient of three awards, including the Premio Mediterraneo, 1991, the Premio del Consiglio and the Vanvitelli). She is a contributor to various online publications, including Publishing Perspectives and Impakter, and maintains a high traffic blog under the name Claude Nougat. She is present on all major social media networks and Goodreads where she founded the Boomer Lit group.

So far Claude has published several books of fiction, notably "Crimson Clouds", a Boomer Lit novel that was well-received in America. She also publishes non-fiction under the name Claude Forthomme, mainly articles and essays on social issues.

She is married and lives in Italy.