Beggars in Spain - Nancy Kress

In a world where the slightest edge can mean the difference between success and failure, Leisha Camden is beautiful,

extraordinarily intelligent ... and one of an ever-growing number of human beings who have been genetically modified to

never require sleep. Once considered interesting anomalies, now Leisha and the other "Sleepless" are

outcasts--victims of blind hatred, political repression, and shocking mob violence meant to drive them from human

society ... and, ultimately, from Earth itself. But Leisha Camden has chosen to remain behind in a world that envies and

fears her "gift"--a world marked for destruction in a devastating conspiracy of freedom ... and revenge.

Nancy Kress's landmark genetic engineering story, one of the most critically acclaimed Sci-Fi novellas of the 1990s.

Originally Published in Asimov's SF Magazine, 1991.