When the unorthodox, free-thinking, Cornell University scientist, Alex Stein comes across a life altering finding in Africa, a series of action-packed adventures crossing continental divides are set into motion. As the very essence of life's mysteries become unraveled, the CIA, the Russian mafia, and Stein himself fight to retain control. The reader will not only comprehend the process and science of aging, but will learn what scientists have discovered to alter it, findings that will surely affect you and your family. RUST is more than just a novel, and has more science than science fiction. In addition to intrigue, romance and murder, the reader will be confronted with thought-provoking dialogue in the fields of religion, philosophy, morality, history, mathematics, chemistry, medicine, pharmacology, psychology, and science, and poetry. If you liked The Da Vinci Code then you will love Rust."