The Book
She Was Born to Serve She Chose to Become.
A science fiction novel with the warmth of a cozy mystery, a protagonist you will not forget, and a dog that may be the best character in the book.
Inside The Book
Zara awakens alone in a sterile laboratory with only fragments of memory and one undeniable fact: she is a clone. Not a person. A product. Purpose-built for a single military application and never intended to be anything more.
As she begins to navigate the world of Genova-Biotech, the sprawling research and manufacturing company just outside Fort Worth that created her, she encounters people who treat her with a kindness she was never programmed to expect.
A scientist named Eamon, the man whose DNA she carries and who sacrificed everything to bring her into existence. Alice, a doctor whose directness masks genuine warmth. A romance with a member of the Defense Force she did not see coming. And Petie, her canine companion and security droid, a St. Bernard in every way that matters except the biological ones.
The Zara Project is the story of a woman learning what it means to be human, told through the language of science fiction but with the sensibility of a cozy mystery: low violence, high warmth, and a community of characters you will want to spend time with long after the last page. It is a book about connection, identity, and what it looks like when someone discovers, against all expectations, that she is surrounded by people who genuinely care.
As she begins to navigate the world of Genova-Biotech, the sprawling research and manufacturing company just outside Fort Worth that created her, she encounters people who treat her with a kindness she was never programmed to expect.
A scientist named Eamon, the man whose DNA she carries and who sacrificed everything to bring her into existence. Alice, a doctor whose directness masks genuine warmth. A romance with a member of the Defense Force she did not see coming. And Petie, her canine companion and security droid, a St. Bernard in every way that matters except the biological ones.
The Zara Project is the story of a woman learning what it means to be human, told through the language of science fiction but with the sensibility of a cozy mystery: low violence, high warmth, and a community of characters you will want to spend time with long after the last page. It is a book about connection, identity, and what it looks like when someone discovers, against all expectations, that she is surrounded by people who genuinely care.
