The Chrysalis Protocol

In the glittering metropolis of Shinmiya, where life is augmented by flawless gene therapy and every surface gleams with antiseptic perfection, an elderly fraud case unearths a nightmare beneath the city’s polished surface. When a genetically engineered being escapes from a hidden laboratory, journalist Reiko Himura discovers that the city’s everyday miracles are built on the stolen futures of the vulnerable—and that the abandoned tunnels under Shinmiya’s luxury towers hold a horror that refuses to stay buried.