Jonathan s People by Vadrian Grace is a futuristic text based in a world that is recently recovering from political upheaval and nuclear conflict. Augustina Maxane lives in a time in which fertility rates are dropping and suicide rates are climbing. Crop integrity has been compromised, and artificial intelligence is perfected in the beings that live alongside humankind. The designer and benefactor of J-Corps is responsible for transforming the world, and yet what is the cost? This novel spans the lives of two women, a mother and daughter who pay the cost for their biology. The one chooses to end the struggle and the other to begin it anew. Jonathan s People considers how one friendship can be the leaven that destroys everything a man holds dear. This novel is a melding of the personal and the global, and it leaves one contemplating how their actions may impact on the world around them.