It's a story of an Earth, just beyond the horizon. Scientists and business people work to preserve human civilization. Great strides made in genetics engineering technologies result in the creation and production of viable living creatures, chimeras. These non-humans are put to work as slaves, supporting an increasingly stratified human population. We follow ten individuals who know this place as home.

Read this book, and you will discover the story behind it all. Read it again, and this world will take you deeper. Welcome to The Family.

This story is intended for mature readers. Dark content and mature themes: Occasional, brief moments of graphic violence; Occasional, brief moments of implied sexuality [no erotica]; Rampant classism; Slavery; Brief mention and moments of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.