The experimental drug Nexus-5, created using nanotechnology, has incredible potential. The program is loaded into the person’s consciousness - and before us is another personality. He is as charming as Don Juan, as relaxed as a porn actor; in reaction, strength and dexterity he is not inferior to Bruce Lee himself. A sky-high level of intelligence, a fantastic memory, the possibility of telepathic communication with other lucky people who have gained access to the miracle drug.

Each new version of the nexus gives new opportunities, and nexus-5 is a completely different form of existence in which the superman retains only an external resemblance to his former shell.

Nexus-5 is dangerous and prohibited by law. But what is the law for a superman, to whom the horizons of a new existence and boundless freedom have opened? Ramez Naam projects the achievements of modern science into the near - and very real - future.