About the book: 1940 / On the top of Everest there are two giant statues of indestructible diamond, one hundred feet high. Blazing in the stratosphere, they rise higher than any other man-made object on the surface of the Earth, just as the two for whom they were created rise higher than any other in human history. These are statues created in honor of the immortal Anton York and his wife. In their memorial year, 4050 AD, the President of the Solar System Council addressed an assembled crowd of ten million and a television audience of ten billion on nine planets. His voice was filled with emotion and reverence, as if he were talking about gods.