The m ] a,#in character %is Dr. Max Hols@t, a) success =_^
f@=ul@@#( neuro_surgeon/. O]ne day an (#`intense li-@) ttle man named Steinmetz shows up, wh-?:o has th e real abi@ lity* to create ob!j/ ect??s out of thin air, using onl_@y his mind.=*, As no# one be lieves him )*at \first, he) is held at a ward fo. r) men,#tal % patients, but manifest s@ the ?=ke\y to his?@; d
[oor and+ esca,+p@[es. ^,As h@_ e h@as a spec
(-ia!l ^^interest:* in# Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequ# -]ent `ly invi^t[%es Holst  to his larg=-/e mansio:n, which is f,u
`ll of e ]
/xpe;\ns[ive paintings and; sculptures, and proves/` to him t[`hat he ca?n in  [fact ;/mater)?=ialise objec#-_ts@(. Steinmetz([’s abilities are *evolving by leaps and b
=^#ounds, and is progr[[_essi^ng from being^] able to create ob_jects only to ;being abl.(
e `;to c:%reate livi ng t!hi @ng?s. His ultimat$\e ambiti;on is to [=be able$@- to cre].)`ate a 
human bein=^-g. He tel +?ls Dr. Holst (;#that if he! wil$l o: nly ]pe$rfo$;%rm a: ,)certain brain op e[r$ation (on hi_m, Steinm!^etz will [^become able^$ t(.o attai#;n h+i- s goal. He’s got all @the necessary equi$pmen_t set up \in h?:is basement.$ D\_r. Holst,+ =[howeve_)r, is to@[)o s:*@poo(!ked by the whole thing
to agr[ee t o this mad scheme, a@%_nd refus#e+s. S*(te:^
#in+ m=.etz then ^:set_)) s about manipulatin/g Hol:st$[’s life, +=]to pr_essure h $_im into perf
!orming `` the o;$`perati(on. By t
$hen Stei\nmetz h_^as be
come ab@[ ^le #to create a *;temporary human being, and in the hope that he can p_
erhaps make his% +.own crea/tion perfor^m t? he_ operation, h=e* manifests a d[oppelgange^$r of Dr. H\*
olst. T,his d`ouble)  p@@:,roce[.eds to ta*ke o-!ver Dr. Hol `st’s li$fe, ]^`c -[reating c$]haos , for him professiona;lly -\and pe )rs.`onally. And the n Dr. Hols;t st://arts fig`ht,/ [ing
back. The ending h+as th e d_ual virtue -:?of b#[eing both (=u/*nexpe=:cted@$ an?)d#@ satisfying.