It's April 2033. Drought and water wars ravage Africa, and heat-waves kill tens of thousands in Europe. Famine sweeps across Asia after the monsoon fails, and the United States struggles with massive social upheaval following decades of economic malaise.
Ayden Walker is a young field researcher. It's his job to limit the damage to the environment from climate change, greed or plain incompetence. He's also part of the virtual BioWatch community where he works to hold those responsible to account. As such, he has little patience for people who rush to commercialise genetically modified organisms before the risks are properly understood.
So he is appalled when he meets William Hanford and learns that, decades ago, their parents were involved in illegal genetic experimentation.
But what he learns next shakes the very foundations of his existence.
He isn't given time to deal with it though. Ayden stumbles across something that could change the course of humanity if he doesn't stop it... but he's not so sure he should. People are consuming without thought, placing unbearable loads on the planet's resources and playing havoc with the world's climate. Perhaps truly radical action could be justified.
"Let's say I've got a vial of this perfect stuff in my pocket. Do we campaign for a worldwide vote we know will never happen--or do I just open it?"
But he isn't the only one contemplating the question. Someone has him under surveillance and it becomes clear they have no intention of allowing him to interfere. Ayden is forced to seek an uneasy alliance with US military intelligence as he hunts for the truth.
Then Ayden discovers that his adversary will kill to keep his secrets.
Ayden Walker is a young field researcher. It's his job to limit the damage to the environment from climate change, greed or plain incompetence. He's also part of the virtual BioWatch community where he works to hold those responsible to account. As such, he has little patience for people who rush to commercialise genetically modified organisms before the risks are properly understood.
So he is appalled when he meets William Hanford and learns that, decades ago, their parents were involved in illegal genetic experimentation.
But what he learns next shakes the very foundations of his existence.
He isn't given time to deal with it though. Ayden stumbles across something that could change the course of humanity if he doesn't stop it... but he's not so sure he should. People are consuming without thought, placing unbearable loads on the planet's resources and playing havoc with the world's climate. Perhaps truly radical action could be justified.
"Let's say I've got a vial of this perfect stuff in my pocket. Do we campaign for a worldwide vote we know will never happen--or do I just open it?"
But he isn't the only one contemplating the question. Someone has him under surveillance and it becomes clear they have no intention of allowing him to interfere. Ayden is forced to seek an uneasy alliance with US military intelligence as he hunts for the truth.
Then Ayden discovers that his adversary will kill to keep his secrets.
