The Orion Property

About the Book

Under Andromedan law, Orion Veniston is ruled a biotechnical clone rather than a human being. Then  he is seized to satisfy a tax claim and sold to the highest bidder. When Orion discovers that his new owner is a medical research scientist dying of an incurable brain disease, the term "spare parts" takes on an entirely new meaning. Completed just  three weeks before the announcement of the cloning of Dolly the sheep, this novel raises disturbing questions about biomedical ethics and human tissue experimentation, and it asks "Does the end ever justify the means?" and "How far is too far?"  

About the Author

A couple of years ago, the author became disenchanted with what passes for the real world and decided to create her own. Born and raised in England, she now lives in rural northwest Tennesee with her second husband, a cat, a dog, and, in the interests o