New Beginnings

This book is high drama. John Neumann's consciousness pushes through the ethereal light barrier and into the real world. His memory regained, John recalls the beginning of the Genesis Project. From the start, the vice president of his company, Jack Lokitus, and Judith Neumann, John's wife, are against the project. John had spent one hundred billion dollars on it, putting the company near bankruptcy. The two lovers plot to discredit John as inept at the Board meeting so Lokitus can force a take over of John's empire. However, when John demonstrates a mere fraction of the Genesis Machine's power, the coup fails. He then fires Lokitus and one-third of the Board members. Lokitus goes insane with rage. Judith, who has been cast aside by Lokitus, wants John's empire for herself. She starts her own campaign targeting him directly. This is where the story really picks up and the killings start. Mike LeGuerre, John's Director of Security, is kept busy saving John's life. One by one, Board members die and Lokitus frames John for their deaths. Neumann's legal team keeps him out of jail. Then John discovers Judith's affair and her role in the murder plots and he leaves her. Throughout the virtual world's development, Lokitus criminally harasses John's crew. Then John has a brilliant idea for a new programming language for the Genesis Machine-the last piece of the puzzle falls into place. Finally, John initiates the creation sequence and the new world comes to life. Over the years, he inserts millions of people who are crippled or dying, giving them new hope and a new lease on life. New beginnings for each of them.The main crisis starts when a member of John's inner circle betrays him and joins forces with Lokitus. They insert a Doomsday virus into the Genesis Machine that corrupts not only the ethereal matrix on which the world is built but also the spirits of everyone John inserted. In effect, Lokitus holds over a million people hostage, demanding Neumann relinquish his multi-billion dollar empire or he detonates the planet. John refuses to give Lokitus the awesome power the Genesis Machine wields. There is only one thing to do: reformat the computer. Before he can do that John must get his people out, but the Genesis Machine is not programmed for that yet, but there is a way. Neumann presents his plan to his crew. With Lokitus hacking the Genesis Machine, he knows John's intentions. With Logan waiting, it is near suicidal to try, but he has to go inside the Genesis world to initiate the new programming. And then one final act.