"Next week, one hundred sixty-eight hours from now, you are going to die."A meteor hurtles towards Earth, threatening the future for humanity. When an immortal man is given a life-or-death decision, he relieves his past memories and mistakes-finding love in the Mediterranean, pillaging with pirates, and fighting in Vietnam-as he begins to wonder whether the human race is even worth saving at all. This story, however, isn't just about the immortal. Filled with stories of people from all different eras and walks of life-a single mom, a girl with a secret friend, a suffering supermodel-it encompasses their perspectives and opinions in an attempt to define the human condition. A four-part anthology of vignettes and short stories, Pura Vida is a collection about what it truly means to be alive.