The Man Who Awoke: Laurence Manning

Norman Winters was obsessed by the future. His dream was to see for himself how mankind would develop in the centuries to come. And so he conducted a dangerous experiment: to put himself to sleep for 5000 years at a time...and the experiment worked. 5,000 A.D. The age of the forest-dwellers, struggling to survive after the devastating Age of Waste...10,000 A.D. The world is governed by the Brain - an inexorable machine - and freedom is a forgotten word...15,000 A.D. Humans program their dreams and sleep their lives away, unable to face an appalling reality...20,000 A.D.The Age of Anarchy - and terror reigns unchecked...25,000. Humanity discovers the secret of eternity - but at what price? Cover art by Peter Jones.