Seven Deadly Sinners (Gardeners Trilogy)

After a divorce and a career change Alex Clark is finding some normalcy in his life when he meets a strange man who weaves a story of aliens seeding the human population of Earth. He draws Alex into a competition that could determine the survival of those humans.Apollo of Helios and his twin brother Ares -- wealthy noblemen on the distant planet of Uor -- have inherited the Earth from their father. The Garden of Eden -- the name they gave the planet thousands of years ago -- is tended by quantum androids that look like humans but have incredible computing powers. The Uorians sent three Gardeners to Earth over 50000 years ago with a stock of 9000 frozen human embryos which is the foundation for all humans on the planet today.The contest between Apollo and Ares spins out of control when Apollo runs afoul of the law on Uor risking the familys wealth and power. Apollo must go into hiding in the wild territories of Uor and Ares tries to draw him out by giving his support and the Gardener he controls to The Seven Great Families a group of very dangerous extremist on Earth who wish to replicate The Seven Great Families of Uor where 30000 years of rule by the Families has produced a regimented political social and economic structure that rewards the few who are born to nobility at the expense of the great majority. Now Apollo seeks to end the rule of the Noblers and bring democracy -- and the chaos that goes with it -- to his world. At the same time Alex Clark must find a way to stop the threat to Earth.