The Lucent Vivarium

In the gleaming city-state of Elysean Republic, every polished surface hides a secret sculpted from stolen flesh. When a bioengineered being named Elara escapes from a clandestine OmniGen laboratory, a disgraced investigator and a guilt-ridden scientist are plunged into a nightmarish labyrinth. Together, they must trace a creature born of illegal gene editing and unearth a conspiracy where the refined elegance of modern life is sustained by invisible, systematic exploitation.