Humans-unmodified humans-are no longer dominant on Earth. In their place, the transhuman Bionics are using microscopic nanobots to adjust their genes, reshape their bodies, and perhaps even change human nature itself. Only in a few traditionalist communities do people attempt to live as they have in the past, resisting the allure of this new technology. In Petram, one such oasis, seventeen-year-old Agnes just wants to live in peace. But when...