Gregory Russ values science and discovery as a foundation for imagination. For forty years, he has been writing with this approach, always alongside a career in public and social housing. Now, at seventy-five, the years call louder, urging a deeper focus on writing. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife Laura; younger children, James and Anna; three older children, Claire, John, and Jennie; and three grandchildren who live and work in cities across the US. The family dog, Basil, waits patiently under the writing desk but prefers the couch.
In a distant future, Kono, an esteemed galactic archivist, receives an urgent call from Maxwell, the eternally youthful Physics Boy, who harbors a story of profound significance. As Maxwell recounts his engineered origins and the haunting legacy of his predecessors.
