A secret genetic experiment on inner-city families produces chronically ill but brilliant children whose suffering spawns a multibillion-dollar genetics industry. One of these children, studying his own DNA, condemns this "Program" for designing narrow human breeds who are merely "the maximization of a discreet set of abilities." By redesigning the human being of tomorrow, in DNA, he becomes the biggest enemy of an industry - and society - increasingly devoted to deepening racial divides...
