King is wealthy and alone. Despite having everything one might ever want, his life is empty with a deep ache that his wealth cannot fill. Or can it? King thinks hard. He wants a son. He does the math: "I am just one, minus one, zero." But maybe, it is simply a matter of finding the "what, when, and how."
It is this "awakening" that drives King's fierce quest for a son. But how? Soon King connects with a young Chinese underground geneticist in the hidden corners of the Dark Web. There the two embark on an extraordinary journey where personal ambition and genetic science collide.