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Science, Sincerity, and the Super Humans Author: Blake Crouch Logan Ramsay’s mom was a brilliant scientist, but she caused worldwide starvation and the deaths of 10s of thousands. Logan remembers helping her with her research – the genetic modifications that should have created a planet of plenty, but instead went awry. He remembers helping to release the insects that caused it. And now, as an adult, he lives under this cloud. Logan has spent his entire life avoiding science, trying to make up for what his mother did. He isn’t the smart one anyway, the one with the genius intellect. And [...]

2023-01-23T18:36:29-07:00January 23rd, 2023|Tags: , , , |

Partner, The

New Life, Old Enemies Author: John Grisham Patrick S. Lanigan was an up-and-coming lawyer with a big firm who had an even bigger case. A case with $90 million dollars in flux. Of course, as the newbie, none of the partners really wanted Patrick close to this case, and the reasons are less about being careful and more about pocketing some of the dough for themselves. So, everything seems all right to them when Patrick is killed in an auto accident. But then the $90 million dollars goes missing and a new man, Danilo Silva, comes on scene, living under the [...]

2022-11-04T16:57:07-07:00November 4th, 2022|Tags: , , , , , |

Rainmaker, The

The Everyman vs Big Insurance Author: John Grisham Rudy Baylor is about to graduate law school. The world is his oyster. He already has a decent job lined up – unlike many of his fellow graduates who are still hitting the pavement, desperate for work in a city already swamped by eager lawyers. The only blights on his perfect horizon are the impending bar exam and his dull senior semester, working with a radical do-gooder professor who is invested in senior law. Said professor is making them take their first swing at lawyering by providing free advice and work to the [...]

2022-10-29T11:17:50-07:00October 29th, 2022|Tags: , , , |
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