The Sunday Times Bestseller Winner Of The 2017 Books Are My Bag Readers Award For Popular Fiction Tom Hazard Has A Dangerous Secret. He May Look Like An Ordinary 41-year-old, But Owing To A Rare Condition, He's Been Alive For Centuries. From Elizabethan England To Jazz-age Paris, From New York To The South Seas, Tom Has Seen A Lot, And Now Craves An Ordinary Life. Always Changing His Identity To Stay Alive, Tom Has The Perfect Cover - Working As A History Teacher At A London Comprehensive. Here He Can Teach The Kids About Wars And Witch Hunts As If He'd Never Witnessed Them First-hand. He Can Try To Tame The Past That Is Fast Catching Up With Him. The Only Thing Tom Must Not Do Is Fall In Love.