Synopsis
|
Early
in human history,
certain unique
individuals are
born who live out
their normal span
wothout ageing and
live on,
undying. We
follow several of
them as
individuals for
more than 2000
years, for they do
not band together
but survive as
loners.
Hanno the
Phoenician is an
explorer and
adventurer who
travels and
learns. Tu
Shan is an
Oriental
sage. Rufus
is a Roman oaf who
becomes Hanno's
sidekick for more
than a thousand
years.
Aliyat and Svoboda
are women who
survive by sexual
favours or
strength.
Through their
adventures, we
skim human history
until, at the end
of the twentieth
century, their
immortality is
revealed and the
whole human race
begins a research
programme that
finally attains
the miracle of
eternal life, and
thus utopia on
Earth is created.
But the few
natural immortals,
the survivors of
history, find
themselves
alienated from
this new humanity,
perfect,
unchanging.
And so they band
together for the
eternal adventure
of space
exploration. |
