Chasing Freedom is a young adult novel set in a future Savannah, Georgia where children can be genetically engineered in a rainbow of colors to their parents’ specifications and scientific logic informs every aspect of society. It is grounded in classic noir elements: the main character, Rune, is a combination femme fatale and amateur sleuth and is helped by her best friend and loyal sidekick, Kai, and a hard-bitten rookie named Darrius. Together they are searching for a missing teeager named Hope, who is a Bio like Rune and Kai. Through Hope’s perspective, the reader will learn that Hope has been kidnapped by a woman who is collecting people based on physical attributes that she admires. 

 

Chasing Freedom is an exploration of the search for freedom--freedom from family, freedom from society, and even freedom from one’s own preconceived notions of self--as well as a commentary on humanity’s need to be tied to other people.