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Shawn Shaw is a Pulitzer prize winning reporter and columnist for The Chronicle who's on the hunt for his next great story. He thinks he may have found it when he's approached by billionaire tech entrepreneur James Berk. Berk is a trustee of The Destiny Foundation, a secretive society supposedly facilitating the work of the world's greatest scientific minds. Berk convinces Shaw to help him find Chuti Tiu, a prostitute who is allegedly the smartest person ever to exist. If her intelligence lives up to its promise, there is a 50-million dollar prize waiting for her. Berk uses strong arm ...

Realistic portrayal of an adolescent's journey through cancer treatment. This vivid story is told through the unfiltered voice of 14-year-old Dustin as letters to his dad. Most people have no idea what an ordeal like this involves: situational friendships, love/hate relationships with caregivers, strains on family members, insights about life and death. Emotional and inspiring. Recommended for all readers over 12, whether or not they have been touched by cancer, so that they can empathize with those they meet in life who are fighting this disease or facing any obstacle that interferes with ...

The line between good and evil is thin. When the most significant medical breakthrough in a century depends on the genius of a ten-year-old girl, the powerful Destiny Foundation will stop at nothing to control her. Shawn Shaw’s adopted daughter was bred as an experiment in cultivating intelligence. Shaw has tried to protect her from her past. With CRISPR gene editing, the Destiny scientists are committed to develop an elite society. Shaw stands in their way. Who should have access to this life altering tool, and how can a gifted child live a normal life until she is old enough to decide ...

How far will the government go to keep a national security secret? In this intelligent, fast-paced and sometimes humorous mystery/thriller, a young attorney learns more about life than law during her first legal case. Her dying client’s unorthodox bequest challenges Morgan to meet with a former Soviet spy inside the highly restricted Federal SuperMax prison while evading a fanatical Priest and two FBI agents who have a vested interest in the outcome. As her partners help her navigate a web of deceit and cryptic half-truths, Morgan uncovers family secrets and a major government cover up. ...