Energy is the driving force of all life in the universe. From...

Energy is the driving force of all life in the universe. From the sunflower tracing the sun’s arc across the sky to my current munching on a crunchy granola bar. And energy is at the heart of Lynn Vroman’s Tainted Energy, the first novel in the four-part Energy Series.

Lena is a 17-year old high-school senior with little going for her. Her father is an abusive drunk, and she’s clinging to the bottom rung of her school’s social strata, which means she’s prime pickings for her more elite classma...