Legitimate Power

A Self-Repairing Crystal … A Global Power Struggle … The Ultimate High-Tech Thriller.

A strange crystal … The U.S. has it and China wants it, but it belongs to somebody else. Why is everybody scrambling to get their hands on it?

Digging in his East Jerusalem backyard, a person uncovers a centuries-old tomb containing two ossuaries. Inside one is a strange orange crystal the size of a smartphone. He sells it to an antiquities dealer who passes it on to a gem merchant in Tel Aviv. After accidentally scratching it, the merchant is astounded to see the scratch disappear. Subjected to low level laser light, the crystal turns into a perfect mirror. Knowing he has something extremely unusual, the merchant puts the crystal on a shadow gem auction.

The Bid: Dr. Morrison, a successful businessman producing advanced solar panels, receives a call from a Broadway jeweler, advising him that a rare item has come onto the market. A mineral collector, Morrison is intrigued by the crystal’s properties. Suspecting that it might be more than it appears, he puts in a winning bid.

The Conflict: Morrison’s celebration is short-lived. In charge of China’s foreign intelligence network, the Second Bureau, General Tsai Teping is infuriated that his bid failed. He initiates an operation in the United States to secure the device using whatever means necessary. Alerted to these activities, the Israeli government authorizes a Mossad mission to retrieve the crystal, which could be developed to control the world’s computer industry.

The American administration also becomes aware of the crystal and foreign agents attempting to retrieve it, which results in an inevitable collision of international interests. Hounded by the Chinese and the Israelis, and a corrupt American official, his wife kidnapped and tragically shot, Dr. Morrison must fight to save his wife and the crystal as the great powers stand on the brink of conflict.

A gripping techno-thriller and geopolitical espionage novel so real, it will make you wonder if it is not already happening.

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2017 Finalist!