Humans as we know them are extinct, rather genetically modified beings exist within 9 classes of 10 beings each. Each being has a role as historian, medical, mathematician, etc., but none understand human culture as Jack does. Jack is the only remaining human, brought back to life as part of science. Jack wants to teach them music and real connection but his isolation distances him from really living. Intriguing look at relationships and human attributes in a dystopian world created within this book's pages.