Synopsis

Elias Thorne, a man more comfortable with microscopes than people, presented his project with nervous enthusiasm. It was a marvel of genetic engineering – a rat, subtly enhanced, capable of complex problem-solving. His classmates murmured in awe, their professors impressed. But the creature, born of scientific curiosity, soon found itself in unexpected hands. Silas Blackwood, owner of the dwindling Blackwood Circus, watched with desperate eyes as Elias demonstrated his creation. The circus wa