Eternal Life: A Novel

Rachel is a woman who cannot die. Over the past 2,000 years since making a spiritual bargain in Roman-occupied Jerusalem to save her first son's life, she has lived across dozens of countries, had scores of marriages, and raised hundreds of children. She now faces contemporary troubles: widowhood, a failing business, and an unemployed middle-aged son. Rachel has long sought a way to end her immortality. Only one other person understands her situation—a man she once loved deeply, who has pursued her through the centuries believing they are meant to be together forever. As the twenty-first century begins, Rachel's descendants pursue their own forms of immortality through digital currency and genetic engineering, developing new technologies that could alter her fate and theirs. Rachel must find a way out before these advances change everything. The novel explores the bonds between generations, the role of faith, the meaning of death, and what it means to be alive.