Leap (Breakthrough, #2)

by Michael C. Grumley

The growth of China over the last four decades had been tremendous, raising the country from a veritable third world status to the second largest superpower in the world.

ingenuity is the ultimate gift of humankind. And conquest is the ultimate curse. They cannot be separated. Not yet. Not until you face the gravest threat to your planet’s existence. Until you face mortality as a species, not as individual groups. Only then can you glimpse true wisdom.”

Life is not simply a matter of breathing or thinking. Life is connectedness on a planetary scale.”