Carter's Last Race

Can a leopard change his spots?


A likable alien named Em is assigned a new mission: Give a selfish human the gift of youth to see if he can change his ways.

Back in 1979, long before Carter Shields married rich, he was a college student with a beautiful girlfriend named Molly. They spent their weekends together in the little stone house where Carter lived. At night, after making love, they’d listen to the trains pass on the nearby tracks.

But then Carter met Linda, the sole heir to a burger chain fortune. Worried about his future, he dumped Molly to marry Linda for her money. Carter went on to live a life of luxury and laziness; his only real accomplishment was to become a distance runner who completed many marathons.

Now Carter is sixty-three, and his hips are so arthritic he can barely manage a walk around the neighborhood. So when Em offers him the chance to be nineteen again for thirty days, he jumps at it.

What will happen to Carter on his surreal journey? Will he succumb to the frivolous temptations of youth: sex, parties, rock ‘n’ roll? How will he react when he encounters a young woman who is the niece of his old girlfriend Molly? Will he repeat his mistakes of the past? And finally, does he have enough time to train for one last race?



Read Carter’s Last Race and experience the exuberance of youth.