Author Description

"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 tactics and imminent blackmail to get Shaw to help him. Shaw involves his friend and ex-cop Paddy, Paddy's wife, Kathleen, and his eccentric research assistant, Emma in the search for the missing genius. When Shaw finally meets the elusive Tiu, he quickly learns that the esteemed Destiny Foundation isn't all it's touted to be. Even more disturbing is an unexpected discovery that affects Shaw directly. If he chooses not to co-operate with Berk, how will it affect those he cares about the most? Can he quit? Or will they be in danger too?" -- Amazon.com.