About This Book
Faced with a decision of when or if ever to remove his young wife from life support, a mysterious doctor offers a young man a third alternative. This alternative is a biologically altering process that will instill ageless and immortality. However, it is not without underlying abnormalities. Overwhelmed by well-intentioned but conflicting advice, a young man seeks solace in a mountain cabin in the dead of winter so he can come to terms with the inevitable. Not far from his own cabin, stands another shrouded in mystery. Although a doctor administers to those inside, the occupants remain elusive. On a late night outing, a brief encounter with one of its occupants, a beautiful but strangely exotic woman, leads the young man to seek out the doctor to learn more about her. Having already chanced upon one of his wards, as the doctor refers to those he cares for, he gives the young man singular access to his cabin and introduces him to his bizarre world of extraordinary people. Men, women, and children once diagnosis as terminally ill but who, through a cure kept guarded for over fifty years have renewed life. However, his wards must live a nocturnal, clandestine life, forever shielded from the deadly rays of the sun and dependent on a recurrent transfusion of blood as their sole nourishment. As the young man develops a personal relationship with the young woman, he comes to understand and appreciate her condition and that of the others, as strange as it is. Offered the process as a way to awaken his wife from her coma and restore her health, he allows the biological altering process to begin. However, as she undergoes the transformation, one that is irreversible, doubt of his decision seep in. What would she think of life thrust upon her without her consent? Locked into a world dependent on others. A world isolated from family and friends and forever denied the light of day. In the end, he makes a heart-wrenching decision.
