"An important literary achievement." - Library Journal "Colin Wilson has a narrative style that can make the pursuit of any idea seem like exciting detective work." - The Times "Colin Wilson"s best novel to date." - The Spectator Howard Lester, a young scientist, becomes obsessed with the problem of death and begins a series of unconventional experiments aimed at increasing human longevity. In the course of their research, Lester and his friend Sir Henry Littleway make a startling discovery: a simple and harmless operation on the brain"s prefrontal cortex results in vastly expanded consciousness and mental powers. After undergoing the procedure themselves, Lester and Littleway develop remarkable abilities, including "time vision", a means of seeing backwards into time. They begin by looking at the relatively recent past-the eighteenth century and Shakespeare"s England. But they soon find they can see much further back, to the days of Stonehenge and the...