What choice did she really have? With the perfection of Labbitt Halsey Genomics groundbreaking XEN protocol, no conscientious parent could deny the tantalizing possibilities. At least that s what Ann Franklin s husband convinced her of at the time they chose to conceive. Her son was to be one of the children of the future, whose unprecedented genius would propel mankind into a bright, shining tomorrow. But sixteen years later, sobered by the pitiless law of unintended consequences, Ann finds herself drawn into Jeremy s horrifying world, one of nihilism and suicide, while struggling against...