Saul's old life is over. His new one is just beginning.
Saul wakes in a hospital bed, unable to move. As despair sets in, a doctor offers him a way to get his life back. All he has to do is join his research project. There are no other details until he agrees, he's either in or out.
What choice does he have?
Agreeing is just the beginning. Saul undergoes drastic nanosurgery, only then are the full possibilities of the project revealed. Saul can live a full life again, but there's a price to pay. He has to keep his recovery a secret, from everyone he used to know.
As time goes on, Saul's new life becomes increasingly difficult. Everything he does makes it harder and harder to avoid revealing what he really is.
In the end, he has to leave it all behind as he learns the truth.
You can only ever go forwards.
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