V J Deanes

In the laboratories of Wyndhall Life Sciences Center a group of researchers enjoy prominence as leading genetics experts, while they secretly experiment with human enhancement. It is 2029. Cloning humans is against the law. The affinity child, the researchers' newest creation, will change human evolution forever.The Society for the Elimination of Artificial People has Kalan Mars in their sights. The bullet misses and he embarks on a harrowing race for survival. Kalan learns that his father and the scientists at Wyndhall established a colony where clones live clandestinely within the general population. He does not know if he is human, or a human replica. Revealing the truth about the colony will ruin lives and unleash chaos. Kalan is caught between forces seeking to expose human enhancement and powers striving for it to remain an enigma.

It is the opportunity of a lifetime. When Marielle Royce secures the marketing contract for fashion powerhouse Folensa the outcome must certainly be a promotion. The founder's bold new vision of a fairer form of capitalism appeals to Marielle. She crafts the Gold Silk Lace to symbolize this intriguing new strategy for Folensa to expand its business. The sudden collapse of Fitzroy Noble, a colleague who manages the Raultex account, draws Marielle into a dark world of greed and desperation. Marielle's chance to join the executive ranks begins to slip away. She finds herself embattled with Jacob Worthing, the President of this mighty industrial conglomerate, to save her reputation and her future. To be victorious she must harness the genius of a weakened and belligerent Fitz Noble, while exposing the suspect deeds of Mr. Worthing for all to see. She is faced with a choice. Live in the status quo of the world she has or take a leap of faith into an unknown world that she wants.