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2013 SILVER MEDAL for Science Fiction, ForeWord Reviews. Michael Crichton meets Hans Christian Anderson in this romantic thriller with the brains of science fiction and the heart of a fairy tale. Kirkus Reviews says: "Canter once again demonstrates his first-rate ear for dialogue, as well as a knack for nonstop pacing and a thoroughly convincing scientific grounding... the book's large amount of exposition-on everything from nanotechnology to cetacean biology-is smoothly integrated into the fast-paced narrative. Confidently told sci-fi sure to reel in adventure fans." Gen is a teen-age woman....

Anthropologist Yute Nahadeh stumbles upon the scientific discovery of the millenia: a tiny embryo in the womb of a 25,000-year-old Neanderthal, preserved in arctic ice. So begins a secret research. He implants the embryo in a surrogate mother, and a Neanderthal girl is born in our time. Named Ember, she is raised among the Quanoot Indians of Whaler Bay, Washington. Guided by a shaman who has waited for her return, pursued by the man of science who brought her to life, Ember is drawn to a place where no one else can go-where her ancestors, the golden-skinned people of her dreams, wait for her...

"Canter weaves together exciting action, tender relationships and plausible science in this thought-provoking thriller." - Kirkus Reviews Aria Rioverde, a professor of ethnomusicology, is rapidly going blind. She is renowned for her performances of Afro-Caribbean music and dance from her home island of Curacao; but how will she continue the career she loves when she can no longer see? Nat Colt is dying. His final goals are to find a mother figure to take care of his 9-year-old daughter, Jazz, and to complete the artificial vision system that he and his late wife devoted their science careers...

Joseph Campbell and other prominent scholars have written convincingly of their belief that the ancient Chinese visited both North and South America, beginning centuries before the voyages of Columbus. Abundant archaeological evidence supports their claim. In this fast-paced romantic-adventure, two American scientists survive a helicopter crash atop a South American jungle mesa, where they discover a 500-year-old Chinese colony hidden in a deep valley. As the scientists puzzle out the mystery of the all-female society, a strangely beautiful warrior named K'un-Chien (Earth-Heaven) entangles...

BOOK OF THE YEAR 2012 Bronze Medal, Historical Fiction, ForeWord Reviews "A compelling what-if story about a human, approachable Jesus." --- Kirkus Reviews "An intriguing notion of what might have happened." --- Publishers Weekly "This novel has it all--bullies, forbidden romance, friendship, rivalries, brutal battles, gladiators and the triumph of good over evil." - Tallahassee Democrat The Bastard is a thoroughly researched, action-driven, dark epic about the missing decades in the life of Jesus. The novel realistically portrays a human Jesus as an outcast character caught in a clash of...