In this book the company BioGen is researching what they believe to be a “Maturity” gene. The testing of this gene has only been done on rats until Josh Winkler, a researcher for BioGen, accidentally exposed his brother to the gene. Josh’s brother was a drug addict and after being exposed to this gene he apparently turned his life around, he was clean from drugs and got a job. When Josh tells his mother what he accidentally did she begins to spread the rumour of Josh’s miracle cure. This puts Josh into a dilemma in which he has to decide to illegally and unethically give this untested gene to other people that Josh and his mother know. He does expose the gene to one other person named Eric. Later on in the story Josh receives a promotion from
