Following his sudden and unexpected rise to power and fortune, 32-year old Tomás Estéban Chen-Diaz must navigate an entirely new world fraught with responsibility, hazards and betrayals. Even as he attempts to put his own personal mark on the family’s corporate legacy, the trauma of his past is a heavy burden and he cannot decide how to dispose of his murderous and conniving brother, Francisco, who despite being ruled a clone and stripped of all legal rights, is still very much a danger.
To further complicate matters, the naive and warm-hearted Tomás is haunted by the plight of Selena Vasquez-Medina, the beautiful, genetically-perfected model whom Francisco had seduced and betrayed years earlier. Can she be located and ever enjoy a new and safer life? And if found, can she possibly heal from her past mistreatment enough to ever trust Tomas?
To aid him with these challenges, Tomás turns to the skilled American cyborg law enforcer, Owen MacIntyre, who agrees to help neutralize Francisco and locate Selena. But MacIntyre’s abilities are soon stretched to their limits, as he balances the financial and family intrigues of the Chen-Diaz brothers—even as his primary duties at the Northwest Law and Safety Agency in Oregon require him to dispel a new crisis threatening the region: the discontent festering in the local religious communities.
Earning a Five-Star Reader’s Favorite rating, this absorbing, character-driven tale is filled with personal drama and political intrigue set in an all-too-possible future, where innocence is lost in a world of biotech engineering, intrusive technology and heartless greed.