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And the Lord God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." Genesis 3:22 Jonathan Wick, an aging baby boomer and self-made millionaire wants to live longer than God intended him to. He is confident his money will buy the one thing everyone says it can't, immortality. After years of research, Dr. Cheree Lin, Wick's most prized investment, discovers the long sought after biological time clock, unlocking the secret of aging. However, before the life-extending procedure can be used, a willing donor must be found, one who exhibits the right aging characteristics. The search leads to Neil Scott, a man whose mysterious past includes his own secret for living longer. It is a secret he can never share. In the end, mankind's greatest discovery is in the hands of Dr. Lin as she decides if she should play God and extend one man's life at the expense of another's. In his second novel, The Soma Man, Stan Wilczek Jr. has crafted a tightly plotted tale around the question we have all at one time or another asked ourselves, "What would I be willing to do for the promise of immortality?" |