Epipeda

Several hundred years in the future of Earth, humadroid Aaron Dunarc wants to fix one thing about his body. He’s on a mission to acquire a real human nose, not the flat thing above his mouth that humadroids normally have. Already a successful engineer at twenty-seven, he wants even more opportunities and a face that won’t bring ridicule.

A new nose seems like a simple surgical request to Dunarc, but he quickly learns that altering his humadroid body would be highly illegal. Undaunted, he searches for a medical underworld contact with a green scarf. In the process, he meets someone else with a green scarf, Sadie, a beautiful young human woman who doesn’t care that he’s a humadroid.
Love is in the air, but Sadie has no knowledge of the medical underworld. When Dunarc finally finds the other green scarf and learns the many difficulties of the nose surgery he seeks, his attention returns to Sadie and his work.

Dunarc and Sadie build a good life together, professionally and personally, and just when everything seems to be on cruise control, the highest authority on the planet hands him the invitation of his life, and Sadie’s life. The offer is gripping, yet totally disrupting. In a few short hours, he receives major recognition and learns the long-hidden secret of the humadroids. Now, his flat face and body type, along with his engineering prowess, have become huge assets and opened doors he never could have imagined.