Vitrium

At the heart of a global economic recovery effort, the mysterious Secretary General of the Order of Nations Enterprise presides over a vast infrastructure project, the VAC. The VAC connects the wealth and civilized world of thirty-two Mega-Alpha cities through underground trains in vacuum chamber tunnels traveling in excess of 8,000 kmh. Seventeen-year-old Jada Brilliant adjusts to life after losing her father, anxiously awaiting the next chapter of her life in college- until a chance trip to an Outlier City with her grandfather results in a freak accident in the Everglades, leaving her in sole possession of a secret formula capable of world domination. Left alone, fleeing from the wilderness into the world’s new cosmopolitan capitol, Jada is in a race for her life to keep her grandfather’s legacy from what she believes is corporate espionage, only to realize she is being pursued by the most powerful man on earth. When these two worlds collide, Jada’s new passage to adulthood presses the envelope of courage, love, trust, and survival.

At the heart of a global economic recovery effort, the mysterious Secretary General of the Order of Nations Enterprise presides over a vast infrastructure project, the VAC. The VAC connects the wealth and civilized world of thirty-two Mega-Alpha cities through underground trains in vacuum chamber tunnels traveling in excess of 8,000 kmh. Seventeen-year-old Jada Brilliant adjusts to life after losing her father, anxiously awaiting the next chapter of her life in college- until a chance trip to an Outlier City with her grandfather results in a freak accident in the Everglades, leaving her in sole possession of a secret formula capable of world domination. Left alone, fleeing from the wilderness into the world’s new cosmopolitan capitol, Jada is in a race for her life to keep her grandfather’s legacy from what she believes is corporate espionage, only to realize she is being pursued by the most powerful man on earth. When these two worlds collide, Jada’s new passage to adulthood presses the envelope of courage, love, trust, and survival.

Michael L. Guthrie is an award winning architect and the Design Principal of the award winning, inFORM Studio. An accomplished writer for a variety of articles on urban and business development, as well as architecture, Michael has been solicited to write for a number of periodicals. Vitrium is Michael’s debut novel; evolving from his travel exploits, unique perspective of our global complexities, and his oldest son’s pleading to put the story on paper. He grew up in Southern California, graduated from the University of Michigan, moved to Myrtle Beach, and currently resides with his wife and four children in Northville, Michigan.