Book excerpt: Richard Tiernancreated a bridge to immortality. Unfortunately, he died of a heart attackbefore he had a chance to drink theelixir thatwould have prevented his demise.Nowhis sonMatthew, who was unaware of the discovery until his father's death, must decide its fate. When large pharmaceutical companies learn of its existence, a struggle develops to determine who will acquire the chemistry that would make them billions of dollars. But Richard Tiernan had a partner and co-developer of the immortalityelixir. Upon realizing that a disastrousworld situation could develop, he reverses his opinion about releasing the elixir to the public and conspires to destroy it. Matthew Tiernan becomes caught betweenthe desireto mass produce the elixir for profit, or preserving it for a select few. The Chimera Seed is a story of greed, power and pharmaceutical espionage that attempts to shape the quality of life for those who can afford it.