Crossing Lines

Dena Sinclair has learned to trust her own judgment—even when it means bending the rules.

In the early twenty-second century, powerful corporations have become fixtures of a world reshaped by pandemics, climate upheaval and urban wars. Heredis Corporation is a leader in anti-aging research, and its controversial Genetically Modified Humans are among its most closely guarded assets.

As a rising officer in Heredis Security, Dena is good at protecting other people and accustomed to relying on herself. But good intentions don't make difficult choices simple.

An enforced Christmas break draws her into an unofficial medical mission in Old Scarborough with Dr. Ashwin Pashan, a physician who happens to be her landlord. When Dena later uncovers a secret Ash cannot afford to have revealed, she has to decide exactly where he fits into her carefully ordered life. And when a Heredis medical project puts her judgment to the test, Dena must decide whether doing what she believes is right can justify breaking the rules she's expected to enforce.

Crossing Lines brings together three interconnected, character-driven science-fiction stories about conscience, trust, and the complicated choices that shape Dena Sinclair's future.