Legacy of a Mad Scientist

John Carrick

Book 1 of Trials of Ash

Language: English

Published: Jun 1, 2012

Description:

Dr. Fox may be the smartest man in the world, but he is also his own worst enemy. His daughter, Ashley, is a cybernetic killing-machine, programmed to protect her younger brother. When Dr. Fox becomes a threat to national security, Ashley and Geoff are on the run, and not from the enemy but towards them.Three hundred years into the future, man has mastered gravity and cities float among the clouds, but chains of greed and violence still shackle mankind.At thirteen years old, Dr. Andrew Fox invented a healing gel that revolutionized medicine, throwing him onto the world stage. He devoted himself to improving life for everyone, but as much as he achieved, he was unable to lift the human heart, not even his own.Fearing for the future, Dr. Fox concentrates the bulk of his genetic and cybernetic understanding into the creation of his children. His daughter, Ashley, is a lethally programmed bodyguard for her younger brother, Geoff, who was designed to be entrusted with Dr. Fox's greatest invention, an artificial intelligence called the Micronix.When Dr. Fox refuses to share a new weapon with the government, he is declared a 'threat to national security,' and charged with treason. Now his children are on the run for their lives, and only one thing is certain; nothing is going according to plan.