How do the authors address the concept of genetic creation in the novel, Masque?

The problem of genetic creation raises many questions about the ethics of a society in control and brings the story directly into the present debate of genetic alteration and test-tube human beings. This is the implicit theme that runs through the plot of Masque. What are the real consequences of genetic creation? Could there really be the chance of discovering a Goleman chromosome? And how would society deal with it? If clones, who can be programmed to change their shape as can the mimes, were actually produced, who would be responsible for them? What would be their role in society? This is not only a social issue of major proportions, but a political one as well. Wilson and Costello indicate that we may be closer to these issues than we think.