An extraordinary novel is set in the world of humanity that has realized its deepest dream. conquest of immortality. It follows three main narratives through this strange new world; They story of Stephen, accused, falsely or otherwise, f a terrible crime; of Mr. Walter, a celebrated novelist who dreams only of reuniting his childhood playmates; and of Lester, whose sister Amy has fallen victim to a cocaine addiction for which Lester is himself partly responsible. All three stories are continually shadowed by the spirit world of angels and demons. All exemplify the troubling and perhaps disastrous consequences of a world from which humanity's deepest fear of death has been banished.