Could you handle living forever, knowing you would watch your friends grow old and die?<br><br>Marco Sartori d’Argenzio and his partner Danilo Rosati have created a family and settled in the Duchy of Aragoni, but they still face the challenge of Marco’s family’s legacy: Marco may live forever, but Dani will not; unless the secret of Marco’s unique DNA is found.<br><br>Marco and Dani are focused on their children and the future, not expecting the past to mar their happiness. A very real threat materializes in a bomb attack and brings with it a twist of fate: the incredible possibility of the future they dream of -- living together forever. But it also brings the specter of danger to hang over the entire d’Argenzio clan, and Marco and Dani will do everything they can to protect their family.

Prognosis: Forever

“I don’t remember any road repairs taking place here earlier,” Sal said, “besides which, it’s Sunday.”


“Sal,” Stefano yelled, “it’s an ambush—step on the gas.”


Sal did as instructed and approached the barricade at a fairly high speed, swerving into the left-hand lane to avoid the barricade. As we emerged from the tunnel, I saw motion in the bushes to the left; then I heard the sound of gunfire, followed by an explosion, and the world went black.


I BECAME AWARE of several dull pains in various parts of my body long before I became cognizant of my surroundings. Then there was the sensation of a bright light shining in my eye. I tried to close it, but I couldn’t do so because my eye was being held open. The light went away, and it finally dawned on me that I was lying on a gurney in the trauma center at the hospital; I tried to sit up, which was a big mistake, because the room began to spin and everything seemed to hurt.


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