BEE HAVEN series, book 1: Bee Gotten

Raised in a residential youth center, Vasili is without parents, job, or a place to go. He's being kicked out on his eighteenth birthday in just two days. So he can think Vasili goes fishing alone on a cold winter's day. But the bank he's standing on slides into the swift moving river. An unseen stranger saves him and takes him to a place of intrigue and scientific fascination. He introduces a new way of life and asks Vasili to stay. Vasili decides to stay at Bee Haven and make it his home and life's work. But awe and admiration quickly turn to power struggles and distrust. Will he allow this mastermind to control him? Will Vasili turn a blind eye to illegal activities?