Treatise: Introduction

The last months since Shawna and Brian’s returned to the Vancouver / Seattle area, had been uneventful.  There had always been a sense of foreboding though, that clung to them like the dampness that seeped through their clothes as they worked the tidal zones of Puget Sound.

Departure from Belize had been welcomed, but not without reservations. They had left behind a rattled hornet’s nest. The custodian Balthazar, had been slighted, and both Brian, and Shawna, understood, retribution was inevitable. Left in Belize City, and Belmopan, were close friends and acquaintances that would be exposed to his wrath. But, unknown to them, they had also made friends who were connected to the adversarial party. These, had become equally concerned and bewildered with the circumstances that unfolded in the wake of the turmoil, indecision and death. But, who were these friends, and would Brian and Shawna recognise them as such.

Heading to Victoria, BC, and the office of the late Vincent DaLima, would hopefully hold the keys to unlocking the mystery that invaded their lives and stop the ongoing malaise. Most of the small group associated with Brian and Shawna, were aware of the true purpose of the research being done by one of the pharmaceutical giants – hopefully someone would come up with a plan to stop the wayward purpose, and this monster called the ‘Custodian’.

These pharmaceutical conglomerates had banded together to unleash their misconstrued designs, and wayward developments, on the general populace. There were some though, within those emboldened, marble walls, that felt a greater loyalty to true science, and humanity that was on the brink of irreversible, genetic change.

It is a great puzzle with many pieces still missing, but one by one, these fragments are being exposed and brought together to form a recognizable image. We all must hope Shawna and Brian, with their small coterie of friends, will be strong enough to expose the illusion and falsehood of these economic giants, to an unknowing, but just and willing world.…