In a world where humanity fears what it cannot understand, the Slans—mutant beings with heightened intelligence and telepathic abilities—are hunted to the brink of extinction. Branded as dangerous and inhuman, they live in hiding, pursued relentlessly by a society determined to destroy them. When young Jommy Cross witnesses his mother’s murder at the hands of their persecutors, he is left alone in a hostile world where discovery means death.

Forced to survive on his own, Jommy must learn to conceal his true nature while navigating a society built on fear and deception. As he grows, he uncovers secrets not only about the humans who hunt his kind, but about the Slans themselves—truths that challenge everything he thought he knew. His journey becomes one of survival, identity, and the search for a place where he can belong.

A landmark of early science fiction, Slan is a gripping tale of persecution, resilience, and evolution. Blending action with philosophical inquiry, it explores the dangers of intolerance and the hope that understanding might one day bridge the divide between human and “other.”