Synopsis: From the back cover of the 1996 Bantam Spectra mmpb printing: "Count Alandre Sessine VII has already died seven times. He has only one life left - and one last chance to catch his killer. His only clues point to a conspiracy beyond his own murder. For a catastrophe is fast approaching Earth. And a chosen few will do anything to keep it a secret. Sessine has three days before his funeral to live the way men used to live: restricted to one life where any mistake could be his last. Suddenly he finds himself a fugitive whose only hope of survival is finding others like himself. Others who hold the pieces to the puzzle of a weapon of salvation and chaos..."