The Mills of God

The ruthless businessman, E. Rupurt Fairchild III, has discovered the perfect negotiating tool: a form of technology that can perfectly mimic anyone. Now all he has to do is murder his rivals and simulate their saying what he wants.Aware of a conspiracy within his company to use this against him, he hires a consultant to devise a kind of electronic signature identification system impossible to break or forge. Then, to ensure its secrecy, he murders the consultant.Fourteen years later, Constance Fairchild is orphaned when her parents die under suspicious circumstances, making her the sole heiress to her grandfather's fortune. Sent to a boarding school in Switzerland, a country that had haunted her dreams for years, she makes her first real friends and stumbles on clues to what she is convinced is her past life. Told through Constance's eyes, this story depicts her efforts to prove that she has been reincarnated. When several of her friends die under suspicious circumstances, Constance has reason to believe that her legal guardian may be responsible. What possible motive could her guardian have? Searching desperately for the answer, Constance only uncovers further questions that convince her that she may be part of some grand conspiracy. Who keeps planting listening devices in her dorm room? Why were people following both her and her friends? Why did her grandfather require emails from him to contain an electronic signature? Spanning two lifetimes, this conspiracy - involving pieces of the puzzle that Constance must strive to unravel through her instinctive knowledge of virtual reality, cryptography, and the Internet - threatens to destroy everyone she knows and loves.Pursued across Europe and New York, Constance searches for answers and tries to survive. With the help of her friends, she manages to expose the conspirators, turn their tools against them, and by the novel's end, she ultimately uncovers the depths of her grandfather's evil.