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An extraordinary eighteen-year-old, Ryan Webster, has rescued a new
species of monkey from their burned out home in the Amazon jungle.
But the explosive secret they carry is about to be exposed. It's a
secret that the President of the United States doesn't want
revealed. Recruited by the government to confirm their worst fears,
the country's top geneticist, obsessed with securing his own
immortality, will do anything to achieve that goal. Trapped in the
custody of a relentless FBI agent chosen to lead the government's
cover-up, Ryan must find a way to rescue the monkeys he's promised
to protect, before they suffer unthinkable torture in the name of
science.
An impossible promise...a remarkable discovery...a decision on
behalf of mankind... A cross between Jurassic Park and The Da Vinci
Code, Swimming Monkeys is a coming-of-age thriller that examines
the on-going struggle between science and religion. Ryan Webster is
a seventeen-year-old swimmer who despises his father, protects his
mother and barely keeps gas in his truck. When he's summoned to a
Miami hospice by his dying grandfather, a renowned zoologist and
founder of the world's most famous primate park, he learns of a
remarkable species of monkey kept secret by the Webster men since
their discovery in 1926, the year after the Scopes Monkey Trial.
He's told their extermination is imminent, and he's the only one
who can find their rainforest, save the monkeys from man's
encroachment and decide if the world is now ready for their
revelation. As Ryan follows his grandfather's clues to California
and beyond, he's tracked by a relentless mercenary, targeted by a
radical Christian society and hunted by the world's most famous
atheist. Aided by his Iraqi War veteran turned surfer-dude uncle,
Ryan discovers the monkeys can do much more than swim, and he
learns their revelation will shock evolutionist and rock the
foundation of the Bible. Now, his only hope to stay alive is to
save the monkeys and live up to his promise to the greatest man he
ever knew-and in the process become the man he's not ready to be.
A bitter CEO who lost his only child to leukemia risks everything
to save a ten-year-old's life with the first genetic cure for
cancer in this action-packed second thriller from the author of The
Sunset Conspiracy. Fifteen years ago, David Wellington abandoned
his lucrative banking career and joined Rexsen Labs to save his
young son's life. But despite his sacrifices and prayers, he
helplessly watched him die. On that day his heart hardened, and he
embarked on a path of cynicism, materialism and self-indulgence.
Now, at forty-five, he's ready to collect the payoff for selling
his soul when he takes Rexsen Labs public. Propelled by the pending
FDA approval of CGT, the first genetic cure for leukemia, he's on
the verge of becoming Newport Beach's newest billionaire. But his
dream suddenly becomes a nightmare when his jet crashes into the
Pacific Ocean. While David miraculously survives, he loses control
of Rexsen to his ruthless wife, Priscilla, her scheming brother,
and her Wall-Street-cover-boy lover. Meanwhile, Rexsen researcher
Tori Clarke discovers a fatal flaw in CGT, and becomes the target
of a deadly cover-up to save their multi-billion dollar payday.
Framed for murder and on the run, David joins forces with Tori to
regain control of Rexsen, fix CGT, and save a young girl's life.
Trapped between the authorities and the company he helped build,
David risks everything to give meaning to his second chance at life
and his only chance for love. Genetic Imperfections is a story of
redemption uniquely packaged in the thriller genre. It's a story
about how the fundamental goodness in one man can be buried by
tragedy and replaced with bitterness and greed-and how the path to
redemption reveals itself in mysterious ways. According to the
National Institute of Health, there are over sixty clinical trials
for cancer using gene therapy underway in the US-there are none
underway to treat greed.
In a darkened warehouse in Colombia, a father of two and the second
highest-ranking executive in one of the largest oil companies in
the world is murdered in what the company claims is a botched
kidnapping attempt. Three thousand miles away, on a rock wall in
New Mexico, a renowned environmental scientist and experienced
climber falls to his death. The two deaths are linked by a deadly
conspiracy to conceal a discovery that could end global warming,
bring oil companies to their knees, and change the balance of power
and wealth in the world overnight. When 33-year-old Nathan Robbins
refuses to accept his company's implausible account of the death of
his mentor and friend, he's risks everything he's worked for all
his life. Determined to uncover the truth, he follows a lead that
takes him to New Mexico where he discovers he has to rely on the
help of Jessica Adams, an attractive environmentalist who despises
the Big Oil that he represents. Trapped between his company's
greedy CEO and a ruthless United States Senator, they race against
time, following a trail that takes them from high in the wilderness
to the heart of the U.S. Senate. But first they must find the key
at the birthplace of the most powerful force the world has ever
known-and stay alive to tell their story.
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