To Live Forever

Seven years after the scandal that revoked his privilege as an Immortal, Garven Waylock, armed with a new identity, attempts to rejoin the rest of the Immortals, but his encounter with the beautiful Jacynth turns his scheme upside down. Reprint. In the far-future city of Clarges, you can live forever if you can make the grade. In Clarges, everyone competes for the ultimate prize: immortality. Gavin Waylock had that prize the live-forever rank of Amaranth, but lost it when he was accused of murder. Now, after seven years in hiding he begins again the struggle to reach the top. But a strong-willed woman,The Jacynth Martin, is determined to see him fail and failure means death. SF Grandmaster Jack Vance crafts a classic tale of man against dystopia, rich in intrigue, suspense and dark humor. - Last published by DAW in 1982--out of print for over 20 years! Garven Waylock had waited seven years for the scandal surrounding his former immortal self to be forgotten. He had kept his identity concealed so that he could once again join the ranks of those who lived forever. He had been exceedingly careful about hiding his past. Then he met The Jacynth. She was a beautiful 19-year-old, and Garven wanted her. But he recognized that a wisdom far beyond her years marked her as one who knew too much about him to live.As far as she was concerned, death was a mere inconvenience. But once The Jacynth came back, Garven Waylock's life would be an everlasting hell!