I am so glad that I don't live for hundreds of years. Tom has some sort of disease where he ages really slowly. Back in the witch hunting days, he was constantly running from people who aimed and sometimes succeeded in making sure he was or wasn't a witch. And then there is the issue of malaise- been there, done that. If you liked the Time Traveler's Wife, then you will like this one as well. It shows how much we should trust and who we should trust in the name of protection. This is also a great book for discussion. I won't lie, it starts out a little slow, but it definitely picks up.