LeVar Burton

Leon Cane lifted the lid of the metal dumpster and peered inside. He wasn't looking for food; he still had a few cans of tuna stashed away in the wooden crate he called home. Instead, he was searching for reading material-books, magazines, newspapers-something to relieve the boredom that came with being homeless. On a good day he might come across a discarded newspaper or a dog-eared novel. Once he had found a copy of Scientific American, but he had thrown it away, the bitter memories too much to endure. Luck wasn't with him, for the dumpster was empty.… (mere)

Another book I heard about in Dark Matter, this takes place in a dystopian near-future when we have elected the first African-American president only to have him assassinated nearly immediately, on top of that riots all over the country, on top of that an earthquake on the New Madrid fault taking out cities from Chicago to New Orleans. Rene Reynolds, is a scientist has developed a cure for all diseases, only to be kidnapped and have her device stolen from her. Leon, a former NASA scientist, Amy a 9 year old orphan and Jacob a Sioux Medicine Man rescue her. Described this way it sounds stupid, it didn’t read stupid, it was fun.… (mere)