IMMORTALITY! Who should receive the gift of Eternal Life? The people of an overpopulated planet? The rich and powerful? Or should it be hoarded by those who made it possible? Rory is an artist and woman of the wilderness. She seeks only creative solitude and refuses to be governed by society or ruled by romantic yearnings. She is targeted by Peter Jarrel who bestows on her a gift she does not want-Eternal Youth and with it, painful and terrifying memories.