About the book: 2017 / Spaceman Joachim Boaz, a stylite philosopher hired to deliver unique stones from a lost planet, underwent an experimental operation, as a result of which his skeleton was completely destroyed replaced by silicon implants. Now he could feel unusually subtly, endure pain, and control the functions of the brain and body. But, as with any experimental technology, there was one flaw in the design, a critical error that caused him endless suffering…