Celia's body is not her own, but even her conscious mind can barelytell the difference. Living on the cutting edge of biomechanical science wassupposed to allow her to lead a normal life in a near-perfect copy of herphysical self while awaiting a cure for a rare and deadly genetic disorder.

But a bioandroid isn't a real person. Not according to the protestersoutside Celia's house, her coworkers, or even her wife. Not according to herown evolving view of herself. As she begins to strip away the human affectationsand inhibitions programmed into her new body, the chasm between the warm painsof flesh-and-blood life and the chilly comfort of the machine begins to deepen.Love, passion, reality, and memory war within Celia's body until she mustdecide whether to betray old friends or new ones in the choice between humanand machine.