The Mills of God [Hardcover]

Justin R. Smith (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 31, 2006

Constance Fairchild is an eccentric heiress haunted by images and dreams she feels are from a previous life. Orphaned at fourteen, she is sent to a Swiss boarding school, where she finds concrete proof of her reincarnation. On inheriting her family's fortune, she stumbles upon a conspiracy to control it that involves murdering her and all her friends. Using knowledge from her previous life, she defeats the conspiracy and resolves her life's central mystery: She is the reincarnation of a computer security consultant her evil grandfather hired and murdered - whose death inspired the conspiracy she'd battled.

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From the Publisher

"I was twelve when I realized I was a ghost."

So says Constance Fairchild, an eccentric poetess who is heiress to a fortune -- and a girl who, from an early age, has believed that she had been reincarnated.

Orphaned at the age of 14, when her parents die under suspicious circumstances, she is sent to a boarding school in Switzerland, a country that had haunted her dreams. Here, she makes her first real friends and stumbles on clues to her past life.

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 dead grandfather require emails from him to contain an electronic signature that was lost when he died?

Spanning two lifetimes, this conspiracy -- involving pieces of a 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 solves the greatest mystery of all: Her reason for being.

About the Author

Mr. Smith is a currently a mathematics professor at Drexel University and lives in a suburb of Philadelphia with his wife Brigitte and their three cats Norton, Gerri, and Gus.

His hobbies include writing fiction and making wine.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Silver Leaf Books (August 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 097443549X
• ISBN-13: 978-0974435497
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,971,936 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I grew up in New York City and have lived in Houston, Texas, Hawaii, and Binghamton, New York. I've also traveled extensively in Europe.

Now I'm a mathematics professor at Drexel University and live in a suburb of Philadelphia with my wife Brigitte and our three cats Norton, Gerri, and Gus.