It's 2012. Do you know whereyour androids are? In the nearfuture, the world will growcomplacent and a brilliant, ifmisguided, mind will seek tocapitalize on that complacency by providing the common manand royalty alike with just theconvenience he needs to aidhim in his day to day labors. Butwhat if suddenly thosecompanions were to turn on their masters, sowing the seedsof destruction and death acrossthe land? What if man's helperbecame his killer, and no oneknew why or how to stop it?The Growing is the story of such a post-apocalyptic vision, and ofthe brave men and women whogive everything they have tosave the world from its eventualdestruction. It is also the storyof two lonely hearts, bitter enemies at first, who learn totrust and to love again in aworld falling down all aroundthem. Koda Rivers is a Lakotaveterinarian and shaman whoseroots run deep in her culture and in the soil of her nativeBlack Hills. Kirsten King, Ph.D., isa brilliant cyberscientist and thesole surviving member ofPresident Hillary Clinton'sCabinet. Each drawn by her own mission to destroy the androids,they meet in fire and blood atthe North Dakota facility wherethe insurgent machines aremanufactured. The Growing hasall the bells and whistles of a classical epic: sweeping battles,a heroic love story, Amazonwarriors, a blind bard, the godsof the land and a monster ortwo. The challenges present aremet by our two heroes and their companions. These includeDakota's remarkable father andher warrior brother, Tacoma;Maggie Allen, USAF Colonel andcrack pilot; an extraordinaryGerman Shepherd named Asimov; and the spirits of theland in their various forms.