Lily Among Thorns

This mystery about young engineer Dr. Candice Harris, recruited by a top-secret laboratory in San Diego, is filled with workplace conflicts as well as clashes with corrupt Washington D.C. politicians and bureaucrats. In the process of engineering the ultimate cyber weapon to disrupt international communications and go beyond the galaxy, her strong personal ethics present a formidable challenge to those in power. What happens with the men in her life is shocking and traumatic but she refuses to let her dreams crumble. She continues to hope for someone special in the convoluted world of bureaucratic politics.