In his last days, he wanted to expose some unknown aspects of his life in order to demythologize his legacy. After he returned from a community meeting lunch one day, he sat next to me and explained that the time had come to share something unpleasant. He explained how hospital administrators struck a deal with investors to sign over the patent of neo-genesis to his former employer the American Cloning Corporation (ACC). “The agreement was that the police would look the other way if I decided to escape. They warned against helping the rebels or inciting violence. I asked to take Red and Sarah with me. To my surprise, they agreed. All along, they were monitoring all of us.” When there was no routine inspection of the truck we used to escape, Red suspected that my father had struck some kin

