Synopsis: Eve House

In the future, women have retreated to enclaves called Eve Houses, a refuge of last resort. Life in the Eve House has a lot of benefits as long as a woman can bear children. Those with children, particularly female children, have political power, wealth and social status. They have every freedom except the freedoms to leave and to choose their procreative partners.

Born a second daughter at a time when only one woman is born for every 100 men, Eve’s life was never normal. Expected to usher in the genetic change that would save humanity, she took the ambitious name Eve when she reached adulthood. In the eleven years since her society rejoiced at her coming of age, Eve has become the butt of every bitter joke in the Eve House for not having borne a single child. After the mysterious death of a close friend, she is propelled into direct conflict with the most powerful women of Eve House.