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At it's roots, Renaissance is about human resistance to change and the power of science. It is a thought-provoking story that explores themes of mortality, love, loss, ethics, and the relationship between innate and learned behaviors and traits. It is the story of two people's quest to undo fate that has been done – no matter what the cost...

 

Ivy League New England, Present Day – After Bailey throws a surprise celebration for his wife (Alex) and adopted brother (Avery) in honor of their National Science Medal award for work in Genetics and Human Metabolism, Bailey and Alex return home to find Alex's former paramour waiting to congratulate her. Angered and drunk, Bailey threatens him as he and Alex argue publicly, waking the neighbors. At Alex's urging, Bailey relents, heading inside as she dismisses the visitor and follows him.

 

In an accidental drunken instant, Bailey clumsily falls down the stairs, sustaining a fatal head trauma. Frozen in shock and knowing the neighbors had last seen the two arguing, Alex, panicking, calls Avery.

 

As the two of them stare at Bailey's lifeless body, reality sets in - they have only two options.  Rather than bury a loved one and face a police investigation with potential criminal charges, they harvest Bailey's DNA, dispose of the body, and set in motion a plan to clone him using funneled grant money - risking their careers, prison, and lives as they know them.

 

In the following days, Alex and Avery assemble a basement makeshift lab and artificial womb.  They seed the embryo with Bailey's DNA and begin the clone's accelerated gestation and growth. With each passing week, the clone grows rapidly and all signs appear it's healthy and progress is going well.

 

The decision is made to tell the clone it has survived a life-threatening car-accident and subsequent coma – they will assimilate the clone to the world like a stroke victim whose mental and physical faculties have been completely reset.

 

The birth of the second Bailey happens without incident - he is born stable, healthy, and appears normal. As he assimilates the world, experiencing the most innocent joys, he demonstrates an incredible capacity for information consumption, but personality differences soon express themselves – he looks the same, but he's different.  

 

As Alex and the clone's relationship develops, things begin to unravel while the University applies increasing pressure - demanding answers about missing grant money Alex and Avery just can't give them.

 

When Bailey violently confronts Avery, he and Alex are left at a crossroads, their careers and lives hanging in the balance...

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