Darwin's Children

Eleven years after the revolutionary discovery of the SHEVA retrovirus and the subsequent birth of a new human subspecies, "Darwin's Children" plunges readers into a world fractured by fear and prejudice. These genetically altered youths, dubbed "virus children" due to their unique, advanced traits, are now adolescents and face a hostile society that quarantines them in "schools" and sanctions their hunting. They are feared not only for their differences but also for the dormant viruses they carry, which could threaten "old" humanity. Amidst this escalating tension, scientists Kaye Lang and Mitch Rafelson, pioneers in SHEVA research, live in semi-exile, desperately protecting their own virus child daughter, Stella. As Stella matures and yearns for connection with others of her kind, her parents find themselves under constant surveillance by government agencies determined to control and potentially eradicate the new-breed children, forcing them to confront the moral complexities of evolution and survival.