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In a world altered by a devastating microbial plague that nearly wiped out humanity, the bioengineered children of Idlewild have spent the last eighteen years raising a new generation to inherit the Earth. This generation, a blend of human and post-human, is divided into factions defined by the genetics used to create them. As these factions come into conflict over the direction of humanity’s future, a more lethal contagion rises from the remnants of the original virus, challenging their fragile peace and demanding choices that could determine the survival of the species.
First publish date: 2004
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Nick Sagan
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