Second Genesis

By Phillip A. HollandA Post‑Human Epic of Uplifted Civilizations—When Every Beast Awoke

Length2h 6m

Summary

When a forbidden retrovirus bursts from a hidden lab, it doesn’t merely escape—it uplifts. Rats whisper in neon alleys, parrots livestream Shakespeare, and blue‑whale matriarchs sing equations that bend the sea. From humanity’s ruins rise four rival civilizations: the Simian Federation, Rodent Technate, Avian Concord, and Cetacean Sphere. At the epicenter is Subject 42, a guilt‑stricken capuchin whose accident ignited this “Second Genesis.” As eco‑systems collapse and bio‑engineered armies clash, a fanatical human militia plots revenge while a covert “Library of Last Resort” races to decode a whale‑song prophecy of planetary doom. Racing toward a forbidden Quantum Burrow that can rewrite time itself, Subject 42 must decide whether evolution’s miracle is worth the price of war. Second Genesis is a cinematic, post‑human epic about sentience, responsibility, and the fragile hope that empathy can outlive extinction.