Publisher's Synopsis
All roads to Heinlein pass through Methuselah's Children, many of his works are interconnected and this book is the keystone that connects them all. Because Ira Howard, finds himself dying of old age while in his mid-40s, his Will institutes a foundation to encourage discovery of a means to prolong human life. To this end the Howard Foundation contacts people whose grandparents live to be 100 or more and encourages them to marry. These Families agree to allow some of their number to reveal themselves to the general populace, it having become difficult to conceal the true ages. A frenzy of hatred develops, engendered by opportunistic politicians, abetted by the media. Lazarus Long, who has managed to evade capture, scheme to enable the Families to 'liberate' the newly-built exploratory Starship to escape Earth.
