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In 2048, medical science has overcome all the diseases and limiting conditions of old age. In the exclusive community of Wellowfern, radical life extension has turned from distant dream to near reality and competing forces are lining up to impose their widely different visions of the future. Isabel is a…

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I love a book with new ideas that challenge, novel glimpses into the near future, and a taste of ethical dilemmas. And a new author to discover.
This is only Lynn Watson’s second novel – a beautifully scripted, gentle masterpiece of intrigue that has it all. It is set in an all too realistic 2048, where medical science has advanced, diseases are a thing of the past (at least for some), and radical life extension is becoming possible. As ever, it is about power and wealth, corporate intrigue and self-interest versus the good of society. The cybirds are an inspired…

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