First Immortal,Used

In His Astonishing First Novel, James L. Halperin Wrote Of Humanitys Epochmaking Achievement Of Truth And Justice At The Dawn Of The Twentyfirst Century. Now Halperin Takes His Luminous Vision A Leap Further Into The Future As He Unfolds This Magnificent Saga Of Our Triumph Over Death Itself.At The Age Of Sixtythree, Benjamin Smith, Accomplished Physician, Loving Father And Grandfather, Brilliantly Original Thinker, Is In The Prime Of His Life. He Is Too Vital, Too Gifted, To Die Of The Massive Heart Attack That Overwhelms His System On A Rainsoaked Spring Day In 1988.But Ben Smith Will Not Die. A Pioneering Advocate Of The Infant Science Of Cryonics, Ben Has Arranged To Have His Body Frozen Until The Day When Humanity Will Possess The Knowledge, The Technology, And The Courage To Revive Him.That Day Arrives Far More Quicklyand Far More Strangelythan Anyone Could Possibly Imagine. For When Ben Resumes Life After A Frozen Interval Of Eightythree Years, The World Is Altered Beyond Recognition. Thanks To The Cuttingedge Science Of Nanotechnology, As Practiced By Bens Brilliant Greatgrandson, Trip Crane Iii, Eternal Youth, Beauty, And Good Health Are Universally Available. And The Perfection Of Cloning Gives Humanity The Godlike Power To Recreate Living Beings From A Single Cell.As One By One, Bens Mother, Children, Even A Semblance Of His Beloved Wife Return To Life In The Midtwentyfirst Century, The Smiths Experience A Complex Reunion That Reaches Across And Through Generations. But As They Marvel At The Miracles Of Future Science, Ben And His Family Will Come To Realize That The Deepest Ethical And Emotional Dilemmas Of Humankindand Of Their Own Entangled Livesremain Unsolved.