The opening to this suggested an exciting thriller, but it soon becomes one of those brain-aching events where I had to just read and enjoy it because if I tried to get my head around exactly what was going on I would have ended up in a mess. This was borne out when I finished and tried to explain to my husband what the book was about.
Our main character is Jason, a brilliant man by all accounts but a man who has sold his potential short in order to have a child with the woman he loves. We get a glimpse of what he is capable of as the book progresses, but this book seems to suggest that we make choices and have to learn to be happy with the choices we’ve made. 
The book begins with Jason and his family having a fairly typical night in. He leaves for a drink with a friend, and is abducted at gun point. Forced to drive at gun point to an unknown location Jason’s key thoughts are for his family. We don’t know, at this point, what has happened but there’s a suggestion that there’s more to this story than Jason can understand.
When Jason comes round he’s being monitored by people who seem to know him. He’s disorientated, and can’t understand why they are talking about what he remembers from over a year ago. It is not long after this that we realise Jason has, at some point, made a major scientific breakthrough and he is actually the first person to have come out of this process.
This is one of those books that is best to go into somewhat blind. It’s hard not to feel for Jason and his family. The science behind this may be feasible, but the thought of what that could mean for people is terrifying.
From start to finish this was a tension-filled read. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would given its subject matter.