In the near future, a revolutionary surgery allows people to reverse their biological age by receiving hormone transplants from others. In a world where youth and health are the most coveted currencies, desire is no longer a quiet longing but an inflated obsession, fueled by a grotesquely efficient system. Poverty feeds this machinery—ignored, overlooked, and left to fester.
At the center of the story is Hanna, a woman in her seventies who, through hormone surgery, has reclaimed the body of a twenty-year-old. Her daughter, now older in appearance than her own mother, is forced to confront this unsettling reversal. Around them also orbit the lives of hormone sellers—those who risk their lives to provide for their families—and the unseen figures who, in their desperate pursuit to meet insatiable demand, abandon sense of morality.
Through the voices of multiple narrators, the author offers a sharp, intimate portrait of a society enthralled by youth. This is a story that examines the ori