Itβs 2053, and the US has long since genetically engineered life successfully. βMoreaus,β humanoid and animal hybrids, and βfrankensteins,β genetically manipulated humans, live as second-class citizens. The Moreau Quartet: Volume Two brings together two of S. Andrew Swannβs novels set in the Moreau universe.
In Emperors of the Twilight: Evi is a frankensteinβthe next step beyond human, her physiology bioengineered to make her the best Agency special operative in the business. When sheβs forced to go on the run from an unidentified hit team ready to destroy a skyscraper just to take her out, Eviβs only hope is to evade her stalkers long enough to make contact with her superiors. But she soon discovers that even the Agency may not be able to save her.
In Specters of the Dawn: A moreau of rabbit stock, Angel Lopez is the last survivor of a Cleveland street gang. A tough street fighter in search of a haven, sheβs come to βtolerantβ San Francisco only to find that even the old-fashioned kind of humans arenβt keen on moreaus. Still, she thinks sheβs found a home and safety until Byron the fox barges into her life, dragging her into the deadly underground of information-peddling, and a series of confrontations that may blow not just San Francisco but the whole planet wide open