When Dr. Joanna Russo, genetic researcher, gets an invitationA from her former Cambridge professor, sheA quickly accepts. Shortly after reunitingA with an old school chum, Fiona Clark, she finds herselfA thrust intoA an adventure that begins in France in the year 1529 and is rooted in the darknessA of past centuries, giving rise to matters now set to threaten theA future of the world . . .While in England, Russo is recruited by The Agency, a secretive group investigating the SerpentineA Foundation, a scientific institute located in the CambridgeshireA countryside. Indeed, the stakes are higher than they could haveA anticipated.A The women discover thatA the research being carried out is for the development of geneticA memory for political and military application and advantage.Set amidA theA disparate worlds of science, politics, and intelligence, Russo andA Clark devise a plan for the Foundationaas destruction, a ploy fraught withA risks. Can anyone be trusted?A