Cultivation of Weeds Description

Politics, military intrigue, and human frailty in the age of nanotechnology.

In the U.S. after Iraq, the economy has slumped and the country reels with unrest. Ed Grendil, wealthy from developing a spy chip, advocates a reform party to give health and catastrophic care to all. With him as a presidential candidate, the party becomes wildly successful. His son Carl, indolent photographer of decaying buildings, is lured into a secretive military organization spearheaded by Ed's former colleague, the mentally unstable physicist Robert Sikes. Later, sparked by Sikes' attraction to Ed's wife Lyn, the entire family is drawn into a convulsive intrigue of politics, sex, and death.