Rod McBan 151st farms 'stroon', the immortality drug, and is the last scion of o
ne of the oldest and most honourable families on Norstrilia, only source of stro
on. But he's also a telepathic cripple and faces the ever-present risk of being
culled under the government's draconian population laws. To protect himself, he
uses his not-strictly-legal computer to play the market and amass an unimaginabl
e fortune.
But after he survives an assassination attempt, McBan discovers th
at having enough money to literally buy the Earth is no good if you're too dead
to spend it ...
