About Cloning the King
Lisa and Tom Duffield are university professors whose careers are rocketing in different directions. Lisa, under the guidance of her mentor Jeff Wolf, is a rising star in the field of genetics, while her husband Tom is rapidly becoming the scapegoat for all the History Department’s woes. Their inability to conceive a child stresses their marriage further.
When Lisa discovers a means to revitalize dead human cells, her career is made, but the excitement of her discovery is shattered by Wolf’s sudden death. Lisa devises a bold plan—to use a surrogate mother to clone her dead mentor.
When Tom learns of the plan, he’s furious. He’s not averse to fatherhood, but he despised Wolf. He decides to replace Wolf’s DNA sample with genetic material from the arrow which killed King Richard the Lionheart. The surrogate, a postdoctoral student, has placed her trust in the Duffields, who tell her the DNA has come from commercial bio-stock.
Three people, each convinced they know the source of the growing baby’s DNA.
They’re all wrong.
The true identity of the child will trigger events no one can foresee—for good or ill.
About Timothy B. Brown
Timothy B. Brown grew up in New Hampshire and earned his bachelor’s degree at Cornell University. He then served as a US naval officer before returning to Ithaca to earn his MBA. Now after nearly thirty years in the business world, he is retired from full-time work and living in Northern California. As an avid traveler and history buff, Brown has lived in England, Germany, Czechia and Singapore, and has visited over forty countries on six continents.
He met his wife of thirty-six years as an undergrad and she later earned a PhD in genetics, allowing her to advise Brown on the science in Cloning the King. They have two adult children.