Rick Lakin

Rick Lakin is the author of two best-selling young adult science fiction titles, Brilliant and Singularity. As publisher at iCrewDigitalPublishing.com, Bringing New Authors to a Digital World, iCrew has published 35 books by 11 authors. He enjoys his membership in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the San Diego Writers and Editors Guild.
Rick has been a member of Optimist International for almost four years and is the district webmaster at calso41.us.
He is a member of the 1000 Club of the National Association of Sports Public Address Announcers. Rick is an Advanced Communicator Silver in Toastmasters International and is a member of American Mensa. Rick works as a Sports Statistician for broadcast television and is a retired math teacher who lives in Southern California, but his roots are in Columbus, Ohio, home of The Ohio State University Buckeyes.

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Email Address: rilakin@gmail.com

Books By Rick Lakin

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Summary: We all dream of discovering our superpower. For seventeen-year-old Jennifer Gallagher, that superpower is an IQ of 206. She has been captivated with the StarCruiser Brilliant movie franchise since she was five. Now, she has a chance to intern with the Hollywood studio that produces the series. She knows that StarCruiser Brilliant is the key to finding out what happened to her father, but discovers that Brilliant will take her to the stars on her search. Join her as she plays tennis with Tayla and dances with John Wayne. The first book of the StarCruiser Brilliant series will thrill and excite you as you get to watch Jennifer grow from a precocious teen to a powerful, professional woman and discover her true superpower. This book is for fans of Ell Donsaii, Alicia Jones, T. S. Paul, Randal Sloan, Laurence Dahners

Brilliant

Rick Lakin

Published: 03/15/2018

Check This Out

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Summary: Bioinformatics whiz Victor Eastmore at long last gains control over his frightening mirror resonance syndrome, but he still believes his grandfather was murdered. Victor’s best hope for finding justice lies in New Venice, a tourist town in the Louisiana Territories where his family’s company is exploring new treatment options for so-called “Broken Mirrors” and the stim addicts who experience similar symptoms–blank outs, synesthesia, and euphoria. Only by confronting Samuel Miller, the MRS “patient zero” who was responsible for the Carmichael Massacre, can Victor learn the truth. To do that, Samuel must first be weaned off Personil, the drug that keeps his mirror resonance syndrome in check. Can Victor learn the data egg’s darkest secrets without unleashing a violent madman? Meanwhile, a cult dedicated to the sanctity and purity of human life disrupts New Venice with protests and vandalism. When they take an interest in stopping BioScan from medicating MRS patients, including Samuel Miller, Victor finds himself with unlikely allies and divided loyalties. As pressure builds for the nations of the American Union to pass new legislation to control Broken Mirrors, Victor must become an effective advocate for people with MRS or risk being institutionalized along with them. A fast-paced sequel to Broken Mirror, Tortured Echoes continues the sci-fi detective saga of Resonant Earth. In this installment, fans of Broken Mirror will finally get answers to their questions: Why was Jefferson Eastmore killed? How did it happen? Who was responsible? Revisit the world of self-driving cars, stunsticks, brainhackers, and herbalism with Victor, Elena, Ozie, Tosh, and Karine, and several new figures that might help Victor chart a new course for his future, or condemn him to madness.