»Der Tod löscht alles aus. Der Tod ist barbarisch. Und jetzt sagen Sie mir, warum sollten wir das dulden?« Drei hochkarätige Unternehmer aus dem Silicon Valley wollen ein zweites 'Manhattan Projekt' ins Leben rufen. Nur ist das Ziel noch ehrgeiziger als damals die Entwicklung der Sie wollen den Tod abschaffen. Der Journalist James Windover entdeckt jedoch, dass die Unternehmer, während sie von Investoren Milliarden sammeln, insgeheim versuchen, einen Schriftsteller zum Schweigen zu bringen - weil sie eine Story fürchten, die er geschrieben hat. Was steht darin, das das Projekt gefährden könnte? James begibt sich auf die Suche nach dem Mann und gerät rasch selbst in tödliche Gefahr ...
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Andreas Eschbach is a German writer who mostly writes science fiction. Even if some of his stories do not exactly fall into the SF genre, they usually feature elements of the fantastic. Eschbach studied aerospace engineering at the University of Stuttgart and later worked as a software engineer. He has been writing since he was 12 years old. His first professional publication was the short story Dolls, published in 1991 in German computing magazine C't. His first novel was published in 1995. Five of his novels have won the Kurd-Laßwitz-Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the German SF scene. His novels have also been translated into a number of languages, including English, French, Italian, Russian, Polish, Turkish and Japanese. In 2002, his novel Das Jesus Video was adapted for German television. In 2003, his novel Eine Billion Dollar was adapted for German radio. As of 2006, his only novel translated into English was Die Haarteppichknüpfer, published in 2005 as The Carpet Makers.
