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Reincarnations
Previous Life: Hotel Manager
Next Life: Dermot Hoggins
Isaac Sachs
Novel
Appears Chapter 3
Referenced Chapter 9
Relationships Old Rufus Sixsmith, co-worker
Luisa Rey, acquaintance
Film
Isaac Sachs
Appears Luisa's Mystery
Actor Tom Hanks
Relationships Old Rufus Sixsmith, co-worker
Luisa Rey, acquaintance
Character

Isaac Sachs is a nuclear engineer working for Seaboard. He is featured in Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery - which consists of chapters 3 and 9.

Biography[]

Isaac Sachs is first encountered by Luisa Rey in Rufus Sixsmith's office and later meets off the Seaboard property. Sachs has found a copy of Sixsmith's expose and plants it in Luisa's car for her to find. He is killed shortly thereafter in the airplane explosion that also kills Alberto Grimaldi and nine others.

Quotes[]

"Belief, like fear or love, is a force to be understood as we understand the theory of relativity and principals of uncertainty. Phenomena that determine the course of our lives. "

“Belief, like fear or love, is a force to be understood as we understand the theory of relativity and principals of uncertainty. Phenomena that determine the course of our lives. Yesterday, my life was heading in one direction. Today, it is heading in another. Yesterday I believed I would never have done what I did today. These forces that often remake time and space- that can shape and alter who we imagined ourselves to be- begin long before we are born and continue long after we perish. Our lives and our choices like quantum trajectories are understood moment to moment. At each point of intersection- each encounter- suggests a new potential direction. Proposition- I have fallen in love with Louisa Rey. Is this possible? I just met her, and yet, I feel something important has happened to me.”

Film portrayal[]

In the film adaptation, Isaac Sachs is portrayed by actor Tom Hanks.

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