Gideon Forsythe is beyond anything the world has every seen. He created the cure for almost all the worlds diseases and disorders and the first Realistic Virtual Universe, all before his fifteenth birth day. How? He diagnosed with Gideon's Mind. Named after him, this condition is the no-stop Critical Period in his mind. Children have Critical Periods that allow them to learn faster than any other time of their life. For Gideon the Critical Periods never stopped, allowing him to learn endlessly. Now he is dying and the only hope for him is to abandon his body and enter his Virtual Universe. The only problem is... Is this Vitual Universe he created truly his?