The Burden of Memory

A witness to murder... A fragment of song, a voice on the phone... The wicked flame, the curved blade of a knife... ...And the interwoven paths of a mysterious assassin whose eyes shift color and a shy, eccentric research analyst with fractured memories. This is the story of Genetic Alchemy: transformation of ordinary genetic code into something so powerful that men will kill for it. As Janie Isaaks faces her past and uncovers the secrets of the shadowy underworld that killed her family, she must defend herself against a ruthless enemy who pursues her through the streets of Southern California, into the dense forests of the northwest, through the flood-carved slot canyons of the desert wilderness, and into the stormy skies above an isolated medical facility. Will she be able to piece the truth together in time to save herself, her friends, and the man she is afraid to love - the man who is scarred like she is - the man with the changing eyes?