The cover is a zoomed out view of the earth globe, with the Title "Mega Earth" written above the planet.
A futuristic mall, that contains cheap housing. In this age people live at the mall, it contains mostly services because the internet allows anyone to browse and purchase products. There are some retail stores since the locations now have decent traffic since people are forced to walk by to leave their house.
A mother walks though the mall with her child, holding his hand. They are new arrivals at the mall, heading to the clerk to be assigned a residence reserved for them. They are walking past a few differnet locations.
As the pair walk past the DNA splicer, many of the modified humans will stare at the child. The child will stare back and say, "Whats wrong with these people?", the mother, displeased with her child's apparent prejudice agains these people will yank her childs hand, and scold him "Hush! Nothing is wrong with them, they just look different than you. DON'T STARE."
The mother and child wait in a long line for the clerk. While waiting in line, both of the mother and child become impatient. The child starts asking many questions about what he sees around him, and the mother gives uninspired answers to them, only paying attention to the people at the desk, hoping there will be no mistakes with her reservation.
Finally the boy asks why the modified humans were staring at him, and she will scold him again and say, "They weren't staring, you were, now please SHUT UP!"
This angers the boy and he folds his arms. Then his attention falls on the arcade, a specific game that looks like a space flight simulator. The side of the pod says "Warp to your final destination...". Also there is a picture of a furry on the side with an upward gaze, with a tear coming out of her eye.
As the mother is about to approach the desk, the boy yanks on his mothers pants and says "Mommy, can I play at the arcade?" His mothers patience and stress gets to the point she decides that having him occupied
