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Lismore resident Rob–a happily married empty-nester, enjoying his late middle age–has always defined himself by the quality of the roof over his head and the state of his family life. Solid. Safe. Stable. But when the 2022 flood hits, he and his wife Sal find themselves homeless, their lives now the very opposite of secure and predictable.

When Dracula throws out his back at a disco in Australia, he's diagnosed with advanced osteoarthritis—a fate worse than a wooden stake! Frustrated by the hospital's "quack" remedies, Drac seeks out alternative healing and meets a charming vegan naturopath who stirs memories of a lost love from his Transylvanian past. Determined to win her heart—despite a few centuries' age gap—Drac soon discovers he's not the only one vying for her affection. A jealous secret admirer lurks in the shadows, ready to fight fang and nail for her attention.

In our muddled era of conspiracy theories, fake news and groupthink, science's only goal is truth. Like all human pursuits it can go wrong, but it has the great strength of being self-correcting. At its best, what lasts - after much deliberation, rigour and sweat - is the truth. The story of science is how we get there. Standing on the shoulders of giants, world-renowned immunologist Luke O'Neill (aka the People's Immunologist) tells the zigzag story of how we got to this moment in human history, and what the future might hold.