THE BALLERINA

It is 2017. Thirteen years since a failed attempt at weather control brought about the great Global Famine. The World's governments have been all but replaced by ominous conglomerates of faceless corporations. The military and all law enforcement has been moved to the private sector. Overpopulation is rampant as more of the planet s surface becomes uninhabitable due to continued environmental destruction.

Against this bleak background of the future emerges a top secret experiment in attaining human perfection: The Ballerina Project.

A young woman has undergone a decade of genetic enhancements and cybernetic implants artificially elevating her physical and mental abilities to a superhuman level. More engineering than nature - more machine than flesh; she is a virtual prototype of the twenty-first century's super soldier.

Aided by her net-jockeys, computer handlers who monitor and assist her from anywhere in the world, the Ballerina is preparing for her national debut as the beta testing phase of the project draws near. Believing they have created the ultimate thinking weapon, her corporate designers anticipate huge profits when the program is put into mass production for the Total Defense Contract they hold with the United States. The only flaw in the entire scheme, the one element that could not be foreseen, the single Achilles Heel in the Ballerina's defenses lies just below her bulletproof cybernetic combat armor. In her heart.

No amount of re-enginering, reprogramming or training could replace her natural human desire for Love.