Emma Wong
ASIN: B0994T1K9T
Publisher: unknown
Pages: 235
Emma Wong's second novel is a genre-defying fast-paced narrative that combines sci-fi, history and the philosophical insights of Nietzsche, Camus and Dostoevsky to pose the question, "If you could live forever, would you want to?" Consistent with her other works, Emma combines real scientific developments (in this case, the possibility that hypobaric oxygen treatments and other anti-aging therapies coming on line will enable humans to extend their lives indefinitely) to explore more metaphysical issues like, what is our purpose? Why are we here? Part I is set in St. Petersburg, Russia in the 1880s during the rule of Alexander II. Part II is set in Chicago, Illinois, fifty years from now.