In this second story, Dawson's path crosses with a billionaire Greek geneticist who tries to control the smartest people in America.
In this story, Dawson uncovers a scheme to track and control the lives of the smartest people in America. Maggie Sawyer a 12 year old girl, who scored a perfect score on the college entrance exams, is kidnapped and held for ransom. Maggie’s grandfather, James Sawyer knows the identities of the famous 1521 subjects who took part in the 1921 Terman study of profoundly gifted Americans.
Although it was 90 years ago, the Terman subject’s grandchildren, like Maggie, are all valuable commodities to be traded between nations and international corporations. Intelligence is the commodity war that replaces the cold war of the 80’s.
Dawson’s path crosses with a dangerous billionaire Greek geneticist who launches a program to identify all people with an IQ greater than 150. From Darwin’s theory of evolution to challenging basic DNA understandings, the story engages the reader in genuine issues of personal privacy and in elist theories of government.
D&Z partners with Dawson team up with Jonathan Hawthorn, the retired charismatic Alaska Governor to rescue Maggie and protect the identities of the smartest Americans from The Brain Brokers.