“We are the vanguard of Superhumanity!” the rebel exclaims from the stage. It is an audacious brag — a stomp on the grave of purity, hypocrisy and Darwin. Article content

“In 50 years,” he prophesies, “we will look back and realize that biology was never the ceiling!” Article content Article content

In response, the be-knighted Olympic champion in the 1,500-metre run — and current president of World Athletics — clutches his antique ideals to his bosom and offers a tender bon mot:

“Bollocks!”

It is the sweltering summer of 2025, a fateful year of supermen and tipping points in human progress — or human degradation, depending on your point of view. The rebel is Aron Ping D’Souza, a 40-year-old Chinese-Indian-Australian scion via Oxford Law with a ninth-floor office on Madison Avenue

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