If the book spans from 1741 all the way to September 11th, 2001, then how quickly will seasons move through history? If the series doesn't take off beyond one season, fans of the book will surely be disappointed if it doesn't get beyond the 1700s. After all, this won't be his first foray into television, as Redford executive produced the unique interview series Iconoclasts on the Sundance Channel, featuring two icons in their respective fields (like Tony Hawk and Jon Favreau) interviewing each other.Īs for taking this book to series, my curiosity lies within the timeline itself. However, at this time, it's not clear who will be at the helm of the series, or, for that matter, who is scripting it - though there's always the chance that Redford himself could step up and direct at least the pilot episode of this intriguing story. Variety says there's no network attached yet, so the series will be produced before it finds a home on TV. His love, his drive for revenge and his very desire to exist are fatefully challenged on the eve and the day of September 11. In that year he warily falls in love with Delfina, a streetwise Dominican ('That was the curse attached to the gift: You buried everyone you loved'), and comes into contact with a descendant of the Earl of Warren, the newspaper publisher Willie Warren. What follows is a portrait of the 'city of memory of which Cormac was the only citizen.' Cormac fights in the American Revolution, sups with Boss Tweed (in a very sympathetic portrait) and lives into the New York of 2001. His recovery takes a miraculous turn when Kongo's dead priestess, Tomora, appears and grants Cormac eternal life and youth-so long as he never leaves the island of Manhattan, thus the 'Forever' of the title.

Cormac saves Kongo from death, but is shot in the process. After the rising is quelled, mobs take to the streets and Kongo is seized. On board ship, Cormac befriends African slave Kongo, and once in New York, the two join a rebellion against the British. Seeking to avenge the murder of his father by the Earl of Warren, he follows the trail of the earl to New York City. The year is 1741 and this is the story of Cormac O'Connor-'Irish, and a Jew'-who grows up in Ireland under English Protestant rule and is secretly schooled in Gaelic religion, myth and language. For those interested in details, here's a synopsis courtesy of Publishers Weekly (via Amazon):

Forever by pete hamill