Embryo

In Mexico... the charred remains of a medical clinic hold a clue to an experiment that can change the world.

In Los Angeles... a famous model, desperate to have a baby of her own, sends a detective to track down a legend... and a doctor missing for twenty years.

In Biloxi, Mississippi... a little boy plays with matches and smiles.

In a secret location... the radical procedure begins, leading to a scientific miracle... or the beginning of a nightmare.

What does the next step in hi-tech reproduction hold for humankind? In a tale as real as tomorrow's headlines, a rich, successful woman takes a desperate gamble to have a child. A young lawyer discovers a fatal flaw in an unethical experiment. And a new life begins – a life that could signal a revolution in modern medicine... Or the end of us all.