故事發生在被選召的孩子們首次接觸數碼世界的6年後。2005年的一天，東京港區海面上的波浪在朝陽下搖曳……17歲的高中生八神太一，如常地用手按停眼前的鬧鐘，踢開混亂的被鋪，低聲滴咕下伸展四肢。拉開了窗簾，光線照到桌上一幅「那一天」的集體照上。隨後他在「一路順風，哥哥」的送別聲下，騎上腳踏車出門，奔向那片初夏的青空……現在，冒險再度進化……

A.J. Fikry's wife has died, his bookstore is in trouble, and now his prized rare edition of Poe poems has been stolen. But when a mysterious package appears, its arrival gives him the chance to make his life over and see things anew. A NYT Bestseller.

The biggest tech revolution of the 21st Century isn't digital, it's biological. A breakthrough called CRISPR has given us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life. It opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children. Human Nature is a provocative exploration of CRISPR's far-reaching implications, through the eyes of the scientists who discovered it, the families it's affecting, and the bioengineers who are testing its limits. How will this new power change our relationship with nature? What will it mean for human evolution? To begin to answer these questions we must look back billions of years and peer into an uncertain future.

晓曦和母亲美芳相依为命，开著一家小小的花店。美芳有睡眠障碍，晓曦新认识的男友彦豪是位精神科医师，晓曦和母亲看诊后，反而变成两人交往的障碍，彦豪坚持不能公开两人的关係。真正的原因是他还没走出前女友自杀阴影。一家乡工地挖出到了一副骨骸，竟然是晓曦二十年前在海边失踪的父亲，美芳受到刺激，在葬礼后失踪。众人遍寻不著，却在树林裡发现美芳上吊自杀的尸体。林投姐抓交替的谣言再起。崩溃的晓曦求助神婆丽云，呼唤美芳的灵魂对话，却被彦豪打断，原来神婆是彦豪的母亲，彦豪坚持晓曦需要的是医学治疗。晓曦回到老家，记忆碎片渐渐拼凑成形，那鬼魅的身影是她一直无法面对的恐惧......彦豪是否有勇气面对一切，解救晓曦？