The Norm Preserve
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Diamond Carter is a Normal, a human with no genetic enhancements. He is about to turn eighteen and he must choose a mate. In the Norm Preserve, choosing a mate is one of the most basic laws. It is a law that cannot be violated. While viewing his potential mates on the Video Machine, Diamond glimpses a human beyond his comprehension. He sees Terra and her strikingly beautiful white wings. Terra is not from the Preserve. Terra is an outsider, a genetically enhanced human with the ability to fly. Rather than choosing a mate, Diamond sets out on an impossible path, something that has not been attempted since the establishment of the Norm Preserves. He seeks to find the woman with the white wings. This path becomes something much more than merely finding a mate. Tapping into a vast computer network he learns that someone or something is trying to bring them together and in the process discovers that the impossible path he chose to follow has only just begun.
Mark Miller
Mark Miller is Chief Strategy Officer at Team One, Publicis Groupe's premium and luxury brand agency. He is also the founder of The Legacy Lab, a research and consulting practice within Team One. With more than two decades of experience in the communications industry, Miller has earned a reputation for intersecting creativity with intelligence to help global brands drive change. His work has been awarded by the Advertising Research Foundation's David Ogilvy Awards, by the American Association of Advertising Agencies' Jay Chiat Awards, and by Effie Worldwide which recognizes marketing effectiveness. He was also named a Trendsetter and an Agency Innovator for thought leadership on global branding by The Internationalist. Miller's modern legacy is building and restoring great brands through finding more relevant ways to continue their stories.
Lucas Conley is a journalist and a contributing researcher and writer with The Legacy Lab. He began his career at The Atlantic Monthly and has written for The Boston Globe, Fast Company, ESPN: The Magazine, SPIN, and The Wall Street Journal Magazine. Conley is the author of Obsessive Branding Disorder and coauthor of The Method Method. He has been invited to speak about his work on The Colbert Report, ABC World News, CNN's BookTV, NPR, and at South by Southwest. His modern legacy is exploring the human dimension of business through journalism.
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