Three Grams of Elsewhere

<p>Fifty years ago a new civil war fractured the United States into a mosaic of polarized nations. Ever since Harmony Bibi Cain has isolated himself: from society from technology from family. A powerful empath weary from the constant intrusion of others' emotions he's finally cloistered in his rural Wisconsin retirement community hoping to find if not peace then at least a little quiet.</p><p>But when four impossible-seeming killings shake North America Bibi is drawn into an investigation he wants nothing to do with. The victims were killed by <strong>motes</strong>-unstoppable drones only an empath can control-and decades ago Bibi was an unwitting subject in the wartime program that created them: the program that weaponized empathy.</p><p>With his few remaining friends at risk and tensions between countries of the former United States reawakening everything may depend on Bibi's lifelong struggle with his own extraordinary ability.</p>