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by Marzie G. Crown (Author)
Set in 2056, THE Y-PLAGUE follows geneticist ANYA PETERS, whose world collapses when a global pandemic wipes out male births and a space mission carrying the last viable cure claims the lives of her husband and sister. As civilization destabilizes, Anya refuses to allow the extinction of the human species. With the help of Lance, an evolving android whose role blurs the line between machine and family, she develops the Y-Cav serum, a risky breakthrough that enables the birth of Andrew, the first surviving male.
Anya's triumph sparks new dangers. A saboteur destroys her lab and murders her colleagues, forcing her to navigate conspiracy and grief, while protecting the fragile male life she created. As Andrew grows, he connects to other Y-Cav children through a shared neural mesh that amplifies empathy, pain, and fear across the globe. When the serum begins to fail, the boys undergo an irreversible transformation. Andrew embraces a new identity as Herma, an intersex being who represents the next phase of human biology.Through parthenogenesis, Herma gives birth to Nova, a child whose existence signals both salvation and the end of traditional humanity. After Herma's death, Anya must protect her grandson as the world confronts a truth it cannot escape. Survival now requires transformation.
Number of Pages: 294
Dimensions: 0.66 x 8 x 5 IN
Publication Date: March 13, 2026
