The Immortality Index

De: Terry Sloan

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

In a world where death has been solved, meaning is the real casualty.

By the mid-22nd century, humanity no longer fears extinction. Consciousness can be recorded, stored, and restored from vast underground archives known as the Repositories. Resurrection is hailed as civilization’s greatest triumph—proof that nothing truly valuable need ever be lost.

But not everyone is worth saving.

Ilya Kade is a maintenance technician deep beneath the earth, tasked with preserving the stored minds of humanity’s “Essential” citizens. Officially classified as Nonessential, Ilya has no backup, no legacy, and no illusion that his life matters. He accepts this quietly—until a routine system sweep reveals the impossible: a complete backup of his own consciousness, created years before and deliberately abandoned.

As Ilya investigates the mystery, he uncovers the archive’s true purpose. Resurrection is not preservation—it is optimization. Minds are copied, tested, refined, and erased in simulated lifetimes until only the most compliant, ruthless, and controllable versions remain. Leaders are not chosen; they are engineered. And Ilya was discarded not because he lacked value, but because his values could not be controlled.

When Ilya discovers a failsafe capable of erasing every stored consciousness forever, he faces an unbearable choice. To destroy the archive is to end resurrection, kill billions of dormant lives, and erase himself completely. To leave it intact is to condemn humanity to an eternal draft state—lives without stakes, choices without consequence, and suffering without meaning.

The Immortality Index is a haunting, cerebral science-fiction novel about identity, power, and mortality in an age that believes it has outgrown death. It asks a devastating question: What is a human life worth if it can always be undone?

Perfect for readers of philosophical sci-fi, dystopian futures, and morally complex narratives, The Immortality Index is a story about rejecting perfection in favor of purpose—and choosing an ending, even when the world begs you to live forever.