DNA

�DNA" is the thirteenth book in a series of near future SciFi/Thrillers. Their heroine Ell Donsaii has a nerve mutation that makes her a genius and provides her some astonishing athletic abilities. In �DNA,� Ell�s five-year-old son Zage has become interested in the effects of certain genes on obesity. He�s obtained permission to do research in a university lab where he hopes to test some of his ideas. Work is being done to evaluate the possibility of terraforming the planet Mars by using Ell�s port technology to bring in water, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen from various other worlds in the solar system. Ell�s robotic probes have found intelligent aliens on the third planet of 61 Virginis. Although these aliens appeared to be completely non-technological, it turns out that they are far ahead of Earth in the manipulation of DNA. Can we safely trade technology for some of their DNA know how? Finally, some of Ell�s old enemies have decided to have one more try at kidnapping her in order to obtain some of her secrets�