The Starke Gene
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Last published Sat, Apr 9, 2016
Alexis Monaghan was born with a heart condition. She always thought that she would live the rest of her life normally--with the addition of taking aspirin everyday. What if something else came with having heart condition? What if having an ailment was just a side-effect of having something better?
With a mentally-ill rogue on the loose, a top-secret agency needs her and a few others' help to bring the rogue down. Will they be able to stop the rogue on time? Or will this heart-quickening adventure be too much for Alexis?
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