Ichor, or the Modern Hercules

ICHOR is a two hour psychological thriller that follows the tragic descent of a “genetically perfect” heir who discovers his entire existence is a lie—picture American Psycho meeting Greek tragedy in the cutthroat world of Silicon Valley. Kleio appears to have it all: Harvard Business School degree, a beautiful pregnant wife Mara, and a prestigious position at his "father's" elite private military and surveillance company, Thanatos. But beneath the surface of his seemingly ideal life lurks a darker truth—he's not the son of tech billionaire Torann Draeus, but his clone, engineered and molded from birth to become the perfect psychopathic successor.

Raised by a middle-class academic family who were paid handsomely to turn him into a modern-day demigod, Kleio endured a childhood of rigorous tutors, brutal training regimens, and carefully orchestrated manipulation. While his adoptive brother Ethan watched from the shadows, resentful and forgotten, Kleio was forged into something superhuman—brilliant, athletic, and dangerously unstable. When Thanatos is contracted by the federal government to occupy Los Angeles during a string of major protests, Torann's sister Farrah— who once dreamed of bearing Torann's "superior" child herself—sets a deadly trap. She manipulates Mara, who she knows is rapidly becoming disillusioned with the growing facism in America, into believing she'll bankroll a progressive revolt against the occupation, while simultaneously convincing Kleio he must lead Thanatos soldiers against the protesters to maintain morale. In the chaos of the confrontation, Kleio unknowingly kills his own pregnant wife, his world shattering in an instant of horrific revelation.

Torann swoops in to cover up the tragedy, buying Ethan's silence with blood money and using Kleio's guilt and fragility to complete his transformation into a remorseless corporate weapon. But Ethan, driven mad by grief, begins digging into the past and what he uncovers threatens to expose Torann's godlike empire for what it truly is. As the truth about Kleio's origins comes to light, the two brothers must navigate a world where money functions as modern-day ichor, granting the ultra-wealthy powers that rival the gods themselves. Caught between his engineered nature and his desperate desire for redemption, Kleio faces an impossible question: can a man designed to be a monster choose to be something more? Blending corporate warfare and mythological horror, ICHOR exposes how the American dream twists into totalitarian nightmare when billionaire ambition devours the very freedoms our capitalist republic claims to protect.