I cannot make sense of this data from Sine, said John Djerassi, the genomic profiling expert. He looked at Samuel, slightly puzzled. I have never seen so much woman in any sample before. He gave a lopsided smile and continued, Looks like the perfect woman.

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It should have been an easy case for Samuel, a New York traffic police officer. His boss told him to just get rapid closure with a perfect report, something to bolster his resume for a transfer to a better post. But when Sine died a violent death, Samuel suddenly finds himself embroiled in a scheme far beyond anything he ever dreamed-murder, human trafficking, and more, a sinister use of modern biological sciences to unleash a viral war leading to the extinction of all people. Except those of a certain kind.