Will Monday , a unique hybrid clone, is the ultimate latchkey kid, except that he’s never supposed to get his hands on the key. Born with indigo pigmentation as a side-effect of his unique genetic structure, Will was cross-blended from across a wide spectrum of humanity, and beyond, to survive environmental extremes. Due to his color, however, Will has been locked within a doubly secret underground complex until the brink of manhood. Suddenly, his key to freedom is apparently handed to him. Seizing the day, he is off like a shot to take his chances on finding acceptance, love and freedom.

But just as his designers warned, the world outside is loaded with perils. Yet, unlike their description of the troubled world he would face, Will finds that prejudice is only the beginning of his woes. Will has inherited the abilities of several gene donors who possessed paranormal properties.

Under the stresses he encounters in

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the real world, they begin to manifest, to his own dismay and that of others whom he encounters.

Worse, they make him the quarry of a sinister cabal bent on total world domination, their resources, boundless, their plan for his future, utterly ruthless.

Hounding Will across the country, they confront him with a terrible choice between saving himself or sparing the few people who mean the most to him in this world.

Published Sept. 1, 2001 
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Sat., Mar. 2, 2002 , 1:00-4:00 PM
B.Dalton Bookseller, West Town Mall, Sat., Aug. 24, 2002, 1:00-3:00 PM

Presentation, East Tennessee Computer Society, March 13, 2003