Virtuality — H.L. Wegley

What would you do with innovative technology that could make you the next Bill Gates but could unravel the fabric of civilized society? Don't sell Virtuality. Jess can help. His brother Paul's dying words to Vince van Gordon, a struggling author who can't write happy endings, inherits controlling interest in Virtuality, a growing high-tech company with a mysterious product the US Army classified Top Secret. Paul's last words force Vince to return home to Seattle to run Virtuality and face the girl he walked away from seven years ago. Can Vince, once again, endure being eclipsed by Paul's larger-than-life shadow, a shadow that cost him the woman he loves?Jessica (Jess) Jamison is a genius, a beautiful, highly introverted, young woman who can count her friends on her thumbs. Seven years ago, Vince left, shattering her heart. Now Jess has a Computer Science degree and still prays her childhood soulmate will come home. If he's willing to reconcile their relationship, Jess can help Vince take the reins of Virtuality. But why is someone trying to kill Vince and her? And could Professor Scoggins be right-that, in the wrong hands, Virtuality's technology could shred the fabric of civilization, and stopping it may literally take an act of Congress?Virtuality a character-driven thriller with romance about dangerous technology lurking on the near horizon-a story of love and sacrifice, illustrating that there are no shadowed, worthless people in God's economy.