A scientist with a seven-mile-deep elevator, a 91-year-old woman who knows more than her middle-aged doctor, a pair of fishermen who clash with ancient Rome, a 10-year-old girl who teaches her parents the facts of life, and a young lab technician who brings-down a tyrant. Each tale addresses life's complexities with a twist, and gives us hope that some day humanity will find answers to the questions that have vexed us from the beginning of time.