Cono is a startling young man of mixed and haunting heritage who has been gifted --- or cursed --- with an accelerated nervous system --- an orphan and a loner, he acts as a freelance spy. In Kazakhstan he is sucked into a deadly maelstrom of betrayal that forces him to question all notions of friendship and allegiance. Relevant to our times, PERFORMANCE ANOMALIES explores the expansion of Beijing’s imperial reach into Central Asia, and the takeover of Kazakhstan.