Purple Forever

"Purple Forever" by Jack Lewis is a science fiction story from the 1950s about ex-Major Carl Keating who gets pulled back into space exploration by Dr. Norman Hamlin's strange invite. The book explores immortality and right-versus-wrong as Keating and his crew head to risky Venus, thought to be impossible for humans, but there they find crazy secrets that shake up everything they thought they knew about life and death. Keating is caught in a tangled situation involving lost astronauts who were presumed dead, the possibility of survival against all odds, and the moral problem of ending sentient beings lives for human immortality. As the team deals with Venus's dangers along with their own problems, Keating has to face hard decisions, leading to a major clash about right and wrong when it comes to survival and what people will do to live forever thus creating tension between everyone.