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A science fiction and mystery novel set in 2168 New York, it shows a fascinating world of the future as well as the fragility and strength of the ties that bind people as families, friends and organizations due to interpersonal communications. The Gladstons are a family of overachievers. Dad Peter is the Father of Long Life Science, whose pioneering research has increased the average life expectancy to 200 years. Mom Viola heads her eponymous cosmetic company as the ultimate trendsetter and provider of wholesome image recreation. Son Pete is a technological genius, whose factory products try to grant instant and sustainable gratification of everybody's needs and wishes ranging from taste changing cups to inter-galaxy tour shuttles. Daughter Gloria's Preservation Army promotes mankind's cultural heritage through commercially viable projects like outselling a legendary garment brand with her poetry. However, on the eve of Pete's 150th birthday in April, the mystery surrounding his "Winter Wish" accident at the Hell's Trap Valley in the Rocky Mountains over a century ago comes back to haunt the and threatens to tear everything apart. There is no telling whether the truth will set them free or bring about pandemonium until the end.