Parenthood meets new technology on new territory, whether that's an exiled monk shepherding an eight-year-old monk into space or the first half-bonobo, half-human hybrid venturing out of his steel room. Award-winning author and physician, Melissa Yuan-Innes, explores the strange new worlds of embryo transplantation ("Red"), human-ape genetic engineering ("Growing Up Sam"), and exile (two Shaolin monks banished to outer space in "Iron Monk") in an exclusive collection of her science fiction stories. "Iron Monk" earned a Year’s Best Science Fiction Honorable Mention from editor Gardner Dozois.