After spending nine long years trying to solve one of life's greatest puzzles, geneticist Isaac Rothman is about ready to cash in his chips and admit that his theory can't be proven. At least that's what he thinks until his father unexpectedly shares a forty-year-old secret that just may put Isaac on the threshold of changing the definition of what it means to be human.What starts out as an ambitious exercise in decoding DNA markers soon becomes a more significant mystery, connecting a prominent genetics laboratory, a small software consulting company, two eminent historians, an untested U.S. President, and a recent discovery in the Yucatan rainforest.This is the remarkable chronicle of a unique group of people, unpredictably brought together and faced with choices and decisions they never imagined they would ever encounter. Looking beyond the science and the technology, their actions ultimately reveal the true essence of friendship, family, and selfless sacrifice.
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