16 year old Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him. He finds friends in a group of teens from the local LGBTQ+ center who want to keep him, and the bioweapon inside him, away from the cult. This copy is signed by the author on a bookplate. There is an "autographed copy" sticker on the dust jacket. There is a stamp on the first endpaper from a previous owners home library.