The Many Lives of Maria McHale: Book 1: Initiation

In 2063 an elderly woman, tormented by mad cow disease, plunges to her death from the rim of Easter Island’s Rano Kau volcano. Her husband, Dr. Joshua Red Horse, suspects foul play. He and Maria McHale’s computationally and genetically enhanced clone set out to solve the mystery of how Sophia became infected. Their inventigation requires that Joshua reveal closely guarded secrets of Maria’s distant past. In 2019 Navy SEAL Maria McHale is made the scapegoat for a disastrous attack on an Algerian terrorist group. She leaves the SEALs to join a National Academy of Sciences fellowship program comprised of some of the best and brightest members of the Millennial Generation. They are challenged to “save the world”. Maria and a neuroscientist, Joshua Red Horse, form a study group, The Goodfellows. In the decades that follow The Goodfellows’ astounding triumphs all too often are accompanied by gruesome calamities. Some—including Maria—are driven to commit transgressions they once considered unthinkable. The Many Lives of Maria McHale novels are cautionary tales. Set in the near future, these thrillers examine the evolution of human nature and its impact on terrorism, war, political corruption, climate change, the environment, brain-computer interface technology, and human cloning. Written by a scientist, the science and technology are realistic. But this saga does more than make you think. With the fate of humanity in the balance, covert operations, betrayals, terrorist attacks, assassinations, suicides, political shenanigans, and passionate romances take unexpected twists in exotic locales. You will love and love to hate the phenomenal characters. It’s a wild ride through the 21st Century, so hang on!