The great novel about the longing for immortality. Johanna Mawet is a molecular biologist researching the immortality of cells using zebrafish. During a research stay in the USA, she encounters a strange, ageless gentleman. The closer she gets to him, the more absurd experiences she has with him. Eventually, he reveals his secret. He is the physicist Johann Wilhelm Ritter, born in 1776. Quite a shock for a modern scientist. To uncover the truth behind his supposed immortality, she has his DNA sequenced. As Johanna's colleagues become suspicious, the peculiar pair has only one option: to flee to where the pursuit of scientific knowledge and dark romance have always enjoyed a rendezvous - to Germany. In her first novel since "The German Soul," Thea Dorn takes us along.