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THE BOOKS
The Asteroid
ISBN-9781467953023
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"Night before last," she began, "I imaged this asteroid. It's about twenty-seven million miles away, in solar orbit, ten percent above ecliptic, approaching perigee."
He shook his head. "There's a hole through the center. Can't be."
"Look, Reg," she said, pointing to the blurred regions around the inside opening. "It's a little rough, as well as the resolution will tell us. The outside, however, is smooth, as if it were worn over a long time. Consistent with a sphere that got reamed out." "Amazing," he nodded. "But ... but well, it can't be." "I know it can't be. So, what is it?"
Mistakes of Nature
ISBN-9780615841014
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Our human race, despite the fact that we have produced the symphony, spacecraft, supercomputers, speech, and countless other wonders, has a fatal flaw. Mother Nature, in her long mindless process that brought us into being, made a terrible mistake -- a mistake that Bea de Winter took it upon herself to correct.
A Twin Mystery
ISBN-9781466477315
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The Jones twins are missing. This precocious brother-sister pair has gone off to their own pursuits, and is perhaps in serious trouble. Or so their father thinks, and comes to Mary McAllister for help. Little does he know what kind of woman she is, or her three sometimes in-your-face daughters. Little does anyone know that murder is just around the corner. And who would guess that the twins each carry in their genes traits with a promise to change the future of the human race? And does all this sound intriguing, or maybe strange and disconnected? You’ll see.
Brain Storm
ISBN-9781481098465
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Project Otawi, hidden away from public knowledge or scrutiny in the mountains of New Mexico, under the banner of Los Alamos National Laboratory, has undertaken the most ambitious technical goal in history, augmenting the power of the human brain with digital electronics, the marriage of neuron to computer chip. The promised offspring of that union are cures for neuro-degenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s, language learning in days or weeks, avenues to greater emotional and physical health, even enhancement of intellect beyond that of the greatest minds who’ve ever lived. But Otawi, a program full of genius and promise has its dark side, work kept secret from the public, with implications that could rock the entire foundation of American government, and indeed, Western Culture. A few tenuous hints of that sinister aspect formed an unlikely alliance: the sheriff of Los Alamos County, a graduate student working in the unclassified part of Otawi, and a man whose wife had fallen victim to the project’s ambitious leadership. If this intrigues, frightens, or even thrills you, it is time to step tenuously into the world of Brain Storm.
Julie's Men
ISBN-9781530484706
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Julie Larimer, a troubled teenager with uncommon common sense and unrelenting
curiosity, meets Gordon Willard in a rainstorm, a meeting which changes both their
lives. Julie discovers his special need and he discovers hers. Unfolding events take
her halfway across the country and into the life of Matthew Corrigan. There she teams
up with him to find the truth about the death of Gordon's wife ten months earlier.
This is a coming-of-age story with a twist that only Julie could provide.
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Protocol
ISBN-13:978-1979077385
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Police lieutenant Blake Garreth goes to a retirement home in Asheville North Carolina to investigate the execution-style murder of an old resident. This leads him into the bizarre world of drug protocols, and into the peculiar religious faith of those in Peaceful Valley. Both his character and his creativity are challenged before he makes sense of a perturbation of technology that still lurks just around the corner in today's world.
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A Mystery in Miniature
ISBN-13:978-1530773794
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In the East Tennessee mountain country sits Progenics, the center of genetic research associated with cell replication, the most critical aspect of human aging. But in the outside world what Progenics has is widely coveted. This is the story of what can happen when tensions like this are projected into the lives of quirky Nellie McAllister and a man with a mysterious past and a new identity. Also, meet the Jones family, the family destined to become the progenitor of an entirely different humanity.
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Nimbus
ISBN-13: 978-1699894057
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Earth is a superheated shell, and the Lylans are taught about their ancient history, deeply aware of the great catastrophy of evolution that brought about the demise of the birthplace of their race. Over many centuries the horrors of where they originated have been replaced by a great culture, blessedly free of the limitations of the deep past. Yet can they ever be truly free? A chance discovery reawakens the perspectives of two entrenched visions of humanity, that of the Children of the Goddess and that of the Order of the Light. Follow Sybl, Kaylon and others as they confront the future with decisions that must be made and that will determine humanity's ultimate destiny.
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The Scroll of Sepphoris
ISBN-13: 978-1723289811
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Sonja Bracken, a textual scholar with skills in translation of ancient Aramaic, is given a photocopy of the first page of a scroll, purportedly from an archeological dig from the city of Sepphoris in what is now Israel. It was said to be a fourth century copy of a first century original, and if it were genuine, would rock the foundations of Christianity and its offspring, Western Culture. Sonja's quest was thereby begun, but she was blissfully ignorant of the challenges and obstacles she would face as she took it on. Join her as she confronts history like few have ever done.
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The Fifth Miracle
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Imagine a future world free of war, disease, and poverty. Imagine a community of comfortable homes clustered around a friendly lake. Imagine attractive, bright people who live easily with high technology, with time for study, celebration, and relationships. What miracle could have brought this about? And what darkness had to be traversed to find the light? Come spend a while at Lost Lake, meet the residents and get to know the visitor who turned their eyes toward a truth they didn’t want to see.