A novel of exuberance and ambition, spanning one thousand
years of high-seas adventure, environmental and cultural
catastrophe, and enduring love.
Key West, 2016. Sea levels are rising, coral reefs are
dying. In short, everything is going to hell. It's here that
two young filmmakers find something to believe in: an old
sailor who calls himself Daniel Defoe and claims to be five
hundred sixty years old.
In fact, old Dan is in the
prime of his life. It's an incredible, perhaps eternal
American life, which Mr. Eternity imagines over a
millennium: a parade of conquistadors and plantation owners,
lusty mermaids and dissatisfied princesses, picking up in
the sixteenth century in the Viceroyalty of New Granada and
continuing into the twenty-sixth, where, in the future
Democratic Federation of Mississippi States, Dan serves as
an advisor to the King of St. Louis. Some things remain
constant throughout the centuries, and being on the edge of
ruin may be one. In 1560, the Spaniards have destroyed the
Aztec and Inca civilizations. In 2500, we've destroyed our
own: the cities of the Atlantic coast are underwater, the
union has fallen apart, and cars, plastics, and air
conditioning are relegated to history. But there are other
constants too: love, ingenuity, humor, and old Dan himself,
always adapting and inspiring others with dreams of a better
life.
An ingenious, hilarious, and genre-bending
page-turner, Mr. Eternity is multiple novels in one.
Together they form an uncommon work--about our changing
planet and its remarkable continuities.
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