The Law of Eternity

To live forever… For all centuries, the ancestors of the birth-control inspector Hopkin dreamed of it. However, when people finally learned how to live forever, they had to pay for it with a great deal. Has the world become gray and boring with the arrival of eternal life? In the opinion of most immortals, undoubtedly not. Still, among them were those who, looking back into the far past, cherished dreams of having their own children—dreams that ran counter to the law “On the Priority of Choice of Life.” Inspector Hopkin has been hunting illegal children for the third century now. And despite the fact that the desired balance between mortality and birth rates has long been achieved, a person close to Hopkin has suddenly crossed the forbidden—fatal—line. And then…