The nineteenth century is coming to a close when Hans Kasper Ivan
Karp makes it his life mission to relieve the world of sex and gender.
Knowing that his goal will take several generations to achieve, Karp
invents a new, dominant chromosome known as the Z factor. But not
all are excited about his theoretical creation, called the umon species.
Accused of being a lunatic and unable to defend his theory, Karp is
shunned. Years later, his son, Ivan, is born—the product of artificial
insemination. No one realizes what is in store for the world.
It is 2009 when Ivan Karp—who has been called an umon by his
parents for as long as he can remember—receives a knock at his door.
With his father long gone and human mutations (umons) becoming more
prominent around the world, Ivan invites in a woman with many
questions about the umon race. As he retells his story up to present
day, Ivan reflects on his inner conflicts about his true gender and shares
details of his long lost love relationship with Aaron Moses. But through
their conversation, Ivan makes two startling discoveries: Katherine is
his daughter, and Aaron has somehow achieved Karp’s dream—findings
that suddenly thrust all of them in the midst of an umon revolution.
In this science fiction thriller, three generations involved in the creation
of a hermaphroditic human species must come together in an attempt
to bring the umons the one thing they have always wanted: freedom.
Karp makes it his life mission to relieve the world of sex and gender.
Knowing that his goal will take several generations to achieve, Karp
invents a new, dominant chromosome known as the Z factor. But not
all are excited about his theoretical creation, called the umon species.
Accused of being a lunatic and unable to defend his theory, Karp is
shunned. Years later, his son, Ivan, is born—the product of artificial
insemination. No one realizes what is in store for the world.
It is 2009 when Ivan Karp—who has been called an umon by his
parents for as long as he can remember—receives a knock at his door.
With his father long gone and human mutations (umons) becoming more
prominent around the world, Ivan invites in a woman with many
questions about the umon race. As he retells his story up to present
day, Ivan reflects on his inner conflicts about his true gender and shares
details of his long lost love relationship with Aaron Moses. But through
their conversation, Ivan makes two startling discoveries: Katherine is
his daughter, and Aaron has somehow achieved Karp’s dream—findings
that suddenly thrust all of them in the midst of an umon revolution.
In this science fiction thriller, three generations involved in the creation
of a hermaphroditic human species must come together in an attempt
to bring the umons the one thing they have always wanted: freedom.
