They put a perfect clone into his imperfect life. The offer is too tempting: be part of a scientific breakthrough, step out of your own life for a year, and be paid hugely for it. Jeremiah Adams is a middle aged man with a failing marriage, a teenage son who barely acknowledges him, and a job he no longer believes in. When the opportunity to take part in an illegal cloning experiment is brought to him by his employer, ViGen Pharmaceuticals, Jeremiah sees it as a chance to take a much-needed break from an existence that he feels increasingly disconnected from. No one will know he s been replaced, since a revolutionary drug called Meld can transfer consciousness and memories to his copy. From a luxurious apartment, he watches the clone navigate his day-to-day. But soon Jeremiah discovers that examining himself from an outsider s perspective isn t what he thought it would be. As "his" life spirals out of control, he finds that he s more captive lab rat than collaborat