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BERYL'S RUN is based on the premise that what chem labs did for kids back in the 60's to create the basement drug labs, biology will do for the kids of today.
Beryl's is set in the near future when a more fundementalist, reactionary culture has taken over the United States. Everyone is quite frightened by the possibilities that biological science presents and wishes the entire mess to go away. Naturally there are those who feel otherwise, and those who are willing to serve, providing there is a profit to be made. Beryl only wants to get away so she can pursue her talent, her interests, and her freedom.
This is an expansion of an idea discussed with Nancy Kress at ICON. We wondered if someone should do for biology what the cyberpunks did for virtual reality. I hope the readers of that someone likes the result.