Cryonic Man melds seventeenth-century Transylvania and twenty-first century America in an epic tale featuring futuristic medical advances, prehistoric gods, witchcraft, time travel.
The eternal battle between good and evil, and true love takes place when, Jim Jackson, a heavyweight fighter on the verge of becoming world champion, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. After considering suicide, he arranges to have his body cryonically frozen and placed in storage until science finds a cure for his inoperable brain tumor. One fight away from victory, death claims him.
His son Joe, a gifted physician, revives Jackson fifty years later. He awakens with body and mind intact, but soon finds himself possessed by Erzsébet Bathory, a notorious seventeenth-century Transylvanian noblewoman. Erzsébet’s motive for choosing Jackson as a vehicle for her plans is unclear, and the more he resists her presence, the stronger she becomes. As he struggles to reorient himself to his new life, Jackson must grapple with Erzsébet’s seventeenth-century memories, drawn inexorably into a mental love affair and an epic battle with Erzsébet’s Transylvanian nemesis for the possession of two immortality bracelets which grace the wearer with unlimited power.
My manuscript turns history on its head, redeeming her evil reputation.