The Chinese are aggressively pursuing human cloning, to create replicants of their top
leaders. They believe that will enable them to survive a preemptive nuclear strike on the US.
The US Director of National Intelligence, Dr. Susan Walker, PhD, learns of the nefarious
Chinese plan while investigating a surge in birthright citizenship, pregnant Chinese women
traveling briefly to the US only to give birth. Those babies instantly become US citizens.
Marcus Stevens and Teresa Malkowitz, a middle-aged IT guy and a high school teacher, are
recovering from lower back problems. They're finishing up with physical therapy, and have
received implantable spinal cord stimulation systems to better control their lingering pain.
Marcus' hobby is coding and he plays around with the code embedded in their spinal implant
systems. He accidentally creates a portal between their two brains. They call it brain-sharing.
Seeing through another person's eyes, hearing with another person's ears. Their the first to ever
experience such an incredible thing.
The Chinese learn about brain-sharing and the race is on. If the Chinese get their hands on
that technology it will greatly advance their quest for total world domination.
To stop the Chinese, Walker works closely Dr. Martin Ackerman and the nerds working at
his startup, Cerebro-Tek, but that's mostly on the technical aspects. To address the global
political factors, Walker works closely with her old college friend, Erin Byrne, who's now
serving as the first female President of the United States.
The global story unfolds at a dizzying pace, with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian
President Vladimir Putin playing major roles.