The Fatal Eggs

The Fatal Eggs by Mikhail Bulgakov is a darkly comic science-fiction satire about scientific ambition and the unintended consequences of human interference with nature. When zoologist Vladimir Persikov discovers a mysterious red ray that dramatically accelerates the growth and reproduction of living organisms, the discovery is put to use on a massive scale. What begins as an attempt to solve a national crisis quickly turns into chaos, exposing the dangers of unchecked experimentation, bureaucracy, and political interference.