When I looked into the pond I was still young and healthy. Lucretia was telling me it was her time to scatter herself to the winds, that the estate was her gift to me for being her companion for the last three hundred years. With that she leaned over, gave me a kiss, and a gust of wind began to turn her into dust that was picked up by the wind and scattered to the four corners of the earth.

Science Fiction story set in the near future, increasingly powerful solar flares are making the Earth inhospitable, Humanity is facing a crisis. Six characters, two timelines. Adam: Recently married, starting to work in a security detachment on the Jovan Moon Ganymede. Dirk: an agent for a mysterious organization Alice: An attractive asian journalist in her mid 50s Nadia: Administrator at a small university in Houston, who's father is the CEO of a large pharmaceutical corporation David: Brilliant young Scientist about to change the history of mankind Nia: A streetwise teenage girl with a complex past, her determination to change the status quo, and exact revenge upon those that wronged her leads to chaos

He wasn't used to distractions. Emotions were a weakness he couldn't afford. He ruled with an iron will, his control absolute. People like her didn't belong in his world. She was chaos-and chaos got people killed. But hell, chaos had never looked so damn good before. She had sworn men were nothing but distractions at best. She risked her life, not her heart. But somehow, she found herself ensnared in his dangerous world, as if she were the one pulling the strings, dragging herself deeper into his orbit with every reckless step. ----- But what happens when two unstoppable forces collide? When fire meets ice, when chaos challenges control-do they destroy each other, or burn even brighter together? In a world where power is everything and love is a liability, their connection could be their greatest strength... or the reason they fall. The real question is: Will they survive the fire, or will they burn in it?