In the tradition of Bacall and Bogart, Marina Madison is a strong young woman pitted against the privileged and Nick, the Deputy Sheriff. She thinks for herself and beguiles young and older men alike. Nick is beguiled, but thinks he has the upper hand only to learn he is wrong. Ben is the next to be beguiled, but always struggles with who he is and how to deal with Marina. Robots and computers, owned by the wealthy, have replaced humans in most jobs. The vast wealth of the privileged allowed them to produce clones of their loved ones -- for harvesting if an organ is needed. Marina's wealthy sponsor wants her to be healthy and available -- to donate an organ, at any time. He usually gets what he pays for. But the geneticists who produced the clones couldn't resist tinkering with the genes. Producing a better race of humans. Smarter, stronger, able to read people. Marina is one of their first and, so far, their best.
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