What would happen if every human
being presently on earth could live to
the age of 150--or more?
In the remote region of Abkhazia, in
Soviet Georgia, a distinguished British
scientist, a figure of worldwide renown,
has triumphantly completed twelve
years of ceaseless research and experi-
mentation with the discovery of a sub-
stance that will extend the longevity
of every human being on earth from an
average age of 72 toat least 150.
With this astonishing--and abso-
lutely convincing--premise begins the
new novel by Irving Wallace, his most
original and breathtaking book to date.
At the heart of the book lies the
question of who will control this new
substance, of whether it will be used
for profit or for politics or for the good
of humankind. But beyond even this
question is the larger and more haunt-
ing issue of whether indeed the pro-
longation of human life on this scale
will be a blessing or a curse for the
human race.
As Professor Davis MacDonald flees
to Venice from the Soviet Union, which
wants to keep both the secret and its
discoverer, a fascinating and unusual
group of people is drawn into the secret
struggle-
~ Tim Jordan, an American engineer
and publicist, who is trying to make
a new life for himself after his wife s
death by working for the committee
organized to save historic Venice from
sinking...
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