Ripple (Breakthrough, #4)

by Michael C. Grumley

Clay knew the odds were against them. But he also knew that one day each of them would be gone. Laid to rest just like everyone else. And it would be forever. On the grand evolutionary timeline, their lives were little more than the blink of an eye. Everyone would be gone eventually, and all that would matter then would be what they had stood for. A truth he had just recently become acutely aware of. He paused stoically, thinking. “Have any of you ever read the Declaration of Independence?” The other three looked at each other, surprised at his question. “Uh…no.” “In it, it says that whoever has the ability to do something…has the responsibility to do something.”

Ability and Responsibility

“Human nature changes when it must change, John Clay. Never sooner.

Human nature