Being immortal is not as advertised in the year 2792. In a world where humans with the means to do so can live forever in artificial bodies, 'carnationist' (body creator and soul installer) Harry Higgins becomes entranced by a beautiful, artificial woman who he purchases from a shady dealer. This mysterious woman, Kora, has the 'husk' body of an immortal (transcended) human, but has illegally been installed with artificial intelligence. Those two...