Jia Qi Yeo (whose first name is not Jia) was born just a few years before the turn of the century. He believes language is humanity’s most marvellous creation and made the relatively unconventional choice of pursuing linguistics for a career. Besides most things to do with the written word (including Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes) he also likes dogs, chocolate, instrumental music, gardening and tea. He lives in Singapore with roots in neighbouring Malaysia.
June 2037: Singaporean immunology professor Warren Er is woken in the early morning to answer a question he had written five years ago. The classified protocol he had designed has been activated. It summons the world’s best scientists to respond to the possible discovery of an unknown, potentiall...
