Living Capital

In the gleaming biotech hub of Portovaya, a stateless janitor named Rafiq Nazari scrubs floors at OmniGen Laboratories, a titan of genetic design whose sleek therapies promise immortality to the wealthy. When a gene-edited chimera escapes its containment, Rafiq is blamed and thrust into a removal proceeding mirroring the brutal logic of immigration enforcement. Using Jon Krakauer’s immersive narrative style, this tale peels back the polished surface of bio-capitalism to reveal a hidden harvest: the refined life of the global elite is sutured to the invisible bodies of the displaced, the experimented, and the expelled.