The Archetypes First Generation

by Susan Buffum

Amanda Pennington has just lost her brilliant geneticist/physician father. As she and her longtime friend, Benjamin "Beans" Carter, begin to wade through the lab journals and notebooks left behind by Leonard Pennington, they discover shocking information that changes their lives forever, for both of them are products of Pennington's tinkering in his lab, his attempts to create the ultimate archetypes. Both of them have certain powers and abilities that set them apart from normal human beings. With their lives endangered by unknown enemies, Ami and Beans forge a strong bond as they seek to untangle the webs of lies, deceit, deceptions and manipulations that have shadowed their lives.

247 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2015

About the author

Susan Buffum was born in Northampton, MA and grew up in Easthampton and Westfield, MA. She currently resides in western Massachusetts. Her daughter, Kelly, also writes. Susan works as a medical secretary and writes as a hobby in her spare time. Her sister, Lynnmarie May, writes children's stories and short plays. Her grandfather was a great oral storyteller. She has been writing since she was thirteen years old, starting out as a poet, then moving on to prose and short stories and now novels. She is active in the world of vintage and antique button collecting and was the editor of the Massachusetts State Button Society Bulletin from 2007-2016. She also wasa contributing writer for the Bulletin. She collects Steiff teddy bears and big cats, camels, Eiffel towers, antique and vintage playing cards and charmstrings. Writers who have influenced her include Hemingway, Shirley Jackson, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen and others.

Reviews

[Roxanne · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a Goodreads win review. I loved this book. It is about a very unique plot where Amanda lost her father (geneticist) and her and her friend start looking back at his notebooks and they discover they are both products of tinkering in the lab to make archetypes. They both have special powers. What a great book.