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Miles’ remarkable recovery from a minor surgical operation is marred by confusion and disbelief. As he attempts to make sense of his surroundings, he learns that he has slept through nearly two centuries, emerging into a year that is now 2173. The futuristic society he wakes up to is one where his past world has crumbled away, populated by new customs and strange dietary requests—wheat germ and organic honey, long deemed healthful in his time, only add to the surreal experience of being thrust into the future.
The stark realization that all his friends are long dead and that the world he knew is irrevocably lost shakes his understanding of reality. He faces a stark, cold truth: he is now a relic of a bygone era in a world that has moved on without him.