In the sequel to The Collapsium (2002), Radmer, who was once Conrad Mursk, takes it upon himself to fetch the senile and exiled Bruno de Towaji in a last, desperate attempt to save the Towaji children. But first McCarthy details Conrad's youth, following rebellious Prince Bascal de Towaji. That began with an escape from a summer camp for an immortal society's problem children. In the children's city of Denver, Bascal declared his intention to stage a rebellion and turn the programmable wellstone into trash. Of course, the rebels were captured and returned to camp. But with astonishing bravado, they escaped again, in a craft rigged from the head camp counselors' cabin and a wellstone sheet, with which they created a solar sail. Thereafter, they managed to crash-land on a neutronium barge. This may seem so much normal adolescent struggle, but its consequences promise to be immense. The cultural backdrop of a perfect world suits to a tee this story that revels in adventure and, though a sequel, stands quite solidly on its own. Regina Schroeder
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