
In a near‑future world where humanity’s political machinery is divided between the towering Administration, Legislation & Order and the democratic Social Body, an unexpected diplomatic overture arrives from the alien Alcorians. Their gift— a repeatable process for true longevity—promises to upend the fragile balance of power, and the secret is locked behind the highest council’s closed doors.
Caught between idealistic technocrat David Locke and the calculating president of Transplanet Enterprises, Boyle, the story erupts into a tense chess game of betrayal and ambition. As Boyle maps out a daring coup to claim the immortal formula for himself, he must decide who to discard—friend, lover, or principle—in his ruthless pursuit of eternal life. The opening layers political intrigue, alien mystery, and moral conflict, setting the stage for a high‑stakes struggle that asks what one would give up to live forever.
Language
en
Duration
~24 minutes (23K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2016-01-09
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1914–2004
A steady, inventive voice from the pulp-magazine era, he wrote dozens of science fiction stories that mixed big ideas with clear, fast-moving storytelling. Best known under the pen name Roger Dee, he helped shape mid-century magazine SF.
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