A review by jefffrane
The Eternal World by Christopher Farnsworth

4.0

I really wanted Christopher Farnsworth to write another novel about the President's Vampire but I enjoy his writing enough to give The Eternal World a shot. Based on stories of the Fountain of Youth, the book cuts back and forth in time from the 16th Century Spanish invasion of what we now call Florida to the modern world. Having slaughtered the indigenous people relying on the Fountain, a small group of Conquistadors uses the secret of the Water to amass untold wealth and power over the next five centuries. They face two foes: the single Native survivor of that genocide and the inevitable end to their supply of the Water. They hire a brilliant young scientist to reproduce their secret to eternal life, with mixed results.

Like his previous novels, The Eternal World is full of humor, violence and the supernatural. It's fast-moving but far more thoughtful than this plot sketch would seem to indicate. Great stuff (but I want my vampire book!).