Life is grand for Patch, the hotshot superstar of the hunting clan, until dead bodies start turning up in the Marketplace. By-the-book Detective Jimmy Lask can’t get any answers – not about the murders he’s tring to solve, not about his mysterious new boss, and not about the ranks of enforcement officers that seem to multiply daily all around him.
Detective Lask’s gut tells him to trust no one, but he forms an unlikely alliance with the brash, young hunter, whose appetite for illegal herbs might get them both killed. Together, Patch and Lask build a ragtag army of soldiers, healers, and scientists, who must set aside ancient rivalries to battle the forces determined to destroy the clan system, the very foundation of a free Isotopia.
Trigger Warnings: drugs, violence
From his earliest years in the quiet town of Weston, Massachusetts, Jeff (Jeffrey Alexander to his parents) Greenberg exhibited a creative streak and a flair for fantasy. He held a deep affection for the Road Runner, Roger Rabbit, and Darkwing Duck, and could happily entertain himself for hours drawing his favorite characters while composing long, detailed stories about their adventures. “A happy little person living a happy little life,” as he described himself in fourth grade, Jeff lived with his parents, his little sister, Lindsay, and their yellow Lab, Boomer, filling his free time with tennis, basketball, skiing, swimming, and Nintendo.
Jeff’s passion for storytelling matured with his fascination for TV shows with complex characters and intricate storylines: House, Breaking Bad, The Wire, The Leftovers, Game of Thrones. At the same time, his academic curiosity led him to study cognitive psychology at the University of Pennsylvania with his mentor, Dr. Michael Kahana. “I was mesmerized by the brain’s ability to translate our complicated world into an environment humans can understand through memory, perception, and attention,” Jeff wrote in his application to graduate school.
Jeff began working on Isotopia in July of 2013 and was diagnosed with leukemia one year later. Despite the challenges of his disease, Jeff earned his master’s degree in Cognitive Psychology from Ohio State in 2015. He returned to the Boston area and worked as an outcomes analyst for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. He lived to the age of 26 and is dearly missed by all who knew him.
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