The Brain Brokers

Meet David Dawson, a single, G5 flying, 930 Porsche driving international traveler, and expert witness from Silicon Valley; and his team at D&Z Partners as they dive into yet another adventure they didn’t expect—and a ride they couldn’t have anticipated. Dawson has two associates who work with him at D&Z Partners: Dr. Matthew Zimmerman, a Stanford graduate, resident genius and technology wizard; and Helen Shepherd, a beautiful woman with more common sense and organizational skill than the other two partners combined.

Dawson has made a fortune in Silicon Valley, and as a result has an enormous catalog of international connections—both government and private. His expert witness investigations pull him into intrigue he doesn’t foresee, and he uses his connections to pull him out. In a Quixotic way (minus the horse), he takes litigation cases that he believes will make a positive difference in the world. His special crusade is protecting American innovation.

The Brain Brokers is Dawson's most exciting adventure.

In this story, Dawson uncovers a scheme to track and control the lives of the smartest people in America.

Maggie Sawyer a 12 year old girl, who scored a perfect score on the College entrance exams, is kidnapped and held for ransom. Maggie’s grandfather, James Sawyer knows the identities of the famous 1521 subjects who took part in the 1921 Terman study of profoundly gifted Americans. Although it was 90 years ago, the Terman subject’s grandchildren, like Maggie, are all valuable commodities to be traded between nations and international corporations. Intelligence is the commodity war that replaces the cold war of the 80’s.

Starting with a 1921 study of 1521 of most gifted Americans, through the college entrance exams, the SAT and the ACT, Dawson learns of a clandestine government program to ensure the brightest Americans work in America. Dawson’s path crosses with a dangerous billionaire Greek geneticist who launches a program to identify all people with an IQ greater than 150. From Darwin’s theory of evolution to challenging basic DNA understandings, the story engages the reader in genuine issues of personal privacy and elist theories of government. Dawson teams up with Johnathan Hawthorn, the retired charismatic Alaska Governor to rescue Maggie and protect the identities of the smartest Americans from The Brain Brokers.

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