If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Renew my body, set at 17. -Allen Ginsberg 1988, Chicago. Stare
deeply into the watery blue eyes of an elderly and wheelchair bound
man, pull back and you'll find yourself surrounded by the serenity
of the manicured lawn of the Thousand Oaks Convalescent Hospital...
his home for the past 30 years. Physical examinations must be done
periodically, as with all of the elderly. For David Jason, it's an
opportunity to briefly escape the confines of this limited world.
Today's ambulance ride with his nurse and confidant, Angela Ryan,
to Lakeview General Hospital will be unlike any other;...it will
alter his life forever... embarking on man-kind's most impossible
dream...a second.chance...to go through life again knowing what he
knows now. On the way to the hospital there is a terrible accident,
a collision between the ambulance and a careening eighteen wheeler
out of control Angela is thrown clear, and David a concussion and
deep lacerations; he is fortunate. Tests are done, and their
conclusions are shocking. It seems as though David's cells are
multiplying at an alarming rate, reversing metabolically to such an
extent that he is actually regressing in age He may only have 6
months to live, as the physiological trauma of the regeneration
process is determined to be too much for his life support systems.
Further tests are performed: his condition constantly monitored by
his faithful nurse. His injuries heal at an astonishing rate While
visually he begins to appear noticeably younger, he goes through
spells of strength and coherence then lapses into unexplainable
periods of severe pain and near death states. Angela reviews his
records, and finds nothing regarding his past no family contacts,
no prior addresses, no medical information prior to his admittance
on October 11, 1958. She suspects foul play and has him transferred
out of Thousand Oaks. With the assistance of a retired ex-cop
turned private investigator, Vince Carpeski, and a curious friend,
Dr. Conrad Hoffman, an unresolved mysterious and suspenseful trail
of a medical cover-up is revealed] The case was thought to have
been sealed thirty years ago with the murder of a prominent
hospital chief-of-staff surgeon who was on the verge of going
public with damaging research fraud allegations. A multi-billion
dollar pharmaceutical firm, Medtech, is implicated. A desperate man
of corruption and greed, SydUnderwood, is found to have
masterminded the scheme. As David and Angela race against time in
their search for answers and truth, a once-in-a-lifetime love is
rediscovered; a "fountain of youth" becomes a reality, giving love
a chance to blossom again. If only for a moment, medical technology
reaches into the future, sending shivering moments of enlightenment
to strike deep into the soul, as justice is served The story moves
between the forces of good and evil, eternal hope and despair as
the PENDULUM swings to an engaging and masterfully written climax,
offering our hearts and dreams...the possibility...of a second
chance.
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