Kurzbeschreibung: This is the fifteenth book in a series of near future Hard-SciFi Thrillers. Their heroine Ell Donsaii has a nerve mutation that makes her a genius as well as providing astonishing athletic abilities. Her genius has let her revolutionize our world with a number of inventions, including instantaneous communications and trans-dimensional portals that are delivering fuel, water, and food all around the world. In "Terraform, AJ Ell s soon to be brother-in-law gently takes her to task for not being bold enough to undertake the terraforming of Mars. They begin the first steps to initiate that massive undertaking. Ell s son Zage, a prodigy who s now turning six, is continuing to follow his interests in biology and genetics by working in Dr. Reggie Barnes research lab. There he s become interested in Alzheimer s disease. Unfortunately, Zage s friend Carley is having trouble with her newly found brother. Eli s proving to be an abusive alcoholic like his father. Zage and Carley wonder if there might be a genetic basis for Eli s problem, and if so, whether they might be able to do something about it. Meanwhile, a man named Jason Stackhouse has taken exception to the fact that Ell s company ETR is mining an asteroid he claimed on a website years ago. He s declared war on the company and travels to ETR, intending to teach them a lesson by killing someone.
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