Aliens arrive, offering eternal life to all who want it, would you accept, it seems an obvious answer but this novel shows the real value of human life and the reasons a group of friends have to say yes or no, a very personal novel which is the strongest I have read from Eric Brown, he shows his experience in the field here and shows what it may be like if humanity was offered this great or cursed gift, thought provoking and well-crafted novel which only lacks a little something to make it a 5 star.

The concept of an alien race who come to earth and show them the way to immortality is interesting and is realised in relative detail. However the concept itself doesn't allow much room for any drama, nothing really happens in the book. Sure some of the stories about the characters lives raise interesting points about the effect immortality would have on the human race and the dilemmas it would raise but even then I found them to be not particularly engaing. The whole book just felt dull and lacking in anything that gripped me even if the writing itself was decent. An okay effort but not one to write home about.