![]() ![]() But a deathbed visit with a long-ago ex-lover and a chancemeeting with a young bohemian dress-designer brings Mia to an awful revelation.She has lived her life with such caution that it has been totally bereft ofpleasure and adventure. Mia Ziemann is a 94-year-old medical economist who enjoys all the benefits ofher position. Meanwhile, the young liveon the fringes of society, ekeing out a meagre survival on free,government-issued rations and a black market in stolen technological gadgetryfrom an earlier, less sophisticated age. Power is in the hands of conservative senior citizens who havewatched their health and capital investments with equal care, gaining access tothe latest advancements in life-extension technology. It is a world of synthetic memory drugs,benevolent government surveillance, underground anarchists, and talking caninecompanions. The 21st century is coming to a close, and the medical industrial complexdominates the world economy. ![]()
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