Cognition

If the riddle of existence had an answer, would humans understand it?

World powers compete to control the genetics of intellect, and a man's DNA holds a key piece of the puzzle. When research suggests how to harness brain evolution, a hunt ensues for a missing link―one that allows to design humans with skills that prodigies of old would have envied.

The reader is thrown into the thick of unfolding events as the world's last monarchy crumbles and a baby is torn from its mother and forced int...