Set in a future where Jupiter’s Ideal Overlords have colonized Earth, the story follows Dr. Red Eyes, the planet’s top neuranthropologist, who is tasked with manipulating Earth’s inhabitants into becoming subordinates of the Jupiterians.

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Devoted to the interplanetary concept of Work—the idea that a Jupiterian’s sole purpose is to serve their planet and its galactic ambitions—Red Eyes has failed multiple times. His next experiment could be his final chance to prove his competence. But as pressure mounts, his personal and professional life unravels, raising the chilling possibility that Red Eyes himself may be the subject of a larger, unseen experiment