Bornface - Biology Book

She flipped it open to the copyright page. No date. No publisher. Just a single line: By Bornface O. Omondi, Ph.D. and below that, in smaller type: This is a true record.

Not because of its contents. Because she was in it. bornface biology book

Lena closed the book. On the back cover, just above the barcode, was a small author photo: a man in his late forties, dark skin, close-cropped gray hair, wire-rimmed glasses. He was smiling. Not at the camera—at something to its left, something only he could see. She flipped it open to the copyright page

Lena stared at the page. Marcus stared at her. Ph.D. and below that

Lena didn’t answer. She turned to Chapter One: The Origin of Variation.

But Lena saw him.