It was a miracle of science that allowed human beings to live, if not forever, then for a long, long time. Some people, anyway. The rich and powerful lived at the rate of one year every ten. Somec created two societies: that of people who lived out their normal span and died, and those who slept away the decades, skipping over the intervening years and events. It allowed plans to be put into motion and interstellar empires to be built. And it nearly destroyed humanity. After eons of decadence and stagnation, a few seed ships were sent out to save our species. On each ship was one man.Thisis the story of one of these men, Jason Worthing, and the world he found for his seed.