Black Obsidian
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"I have a new piece of information for you. The next detectors from New Age Technologies will have the ability to detect the amount of negative mass as well as the overall range," he explained. "We want you to redo the Nottingham and Southampton results and put in a new measurement in Oxford to backup what New Age Technologies are saying." By this time the latest detector had a distance of three miles. Henning and Kingsley were called upon to drive to Nottingham and Southampton once again given they were familiar with the destinations. Henning reported his result to Julia when he got back to Thames House. "There is minus one and a half kilograms of negative mass within three miles of Nottingham Travelodge Central," he announced. "Wow that's not much. It makes it much less likely to be a geographical feature," she countered. "Could we be looking at a person?" he asked "I don't know who it would be in Nottingham," she mused. "Is it possible that the Southampton and Oxford results are also people?" he wondered out loud. When Kingsley brought in the Southampton Travelodge Central result Julia found out. It was also for minus one and a half kilograms. Finally Theo did the drive to Oxford and established that minus three kilograms of negative mass was there too. "So we're looking at two people in Oxford," he said. "Assuming it's minus one and a half kilograms per person," she responded. "Who on Earth could it be?" he asked. Theo and Julia looked at each other.
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This book tells a fictional story of an organization known as Black Obsidian, based in the USA and UK, tracking down a substance called negative mass. The properties of negative mass range from antigravity to total annihilation. It is found in a small portion of the population. Carriers of negative mass are known to be telepathic and can affect the weather. After some initial action in Oxford and Exeter in the UK, the main characters are in place, known as the Mongols. Kingsley Khan is the inventor of the electromagnetic EM machine. Henning Horlicks is the inventor of the quantum-entanglement (QE) machine. Theofanes Raptor is a physicist and software engineer, and Julia Barnes is their boss. They follow Leather Jacket Man or LJM, who is the star carrier of the show, and Patsy, known from Blue Crystal times, who becomes his wife. Then a USA-wide hunt for carriers is instigated, which ends up focusing on New York. The use of the EM machine lands the protagonists in jail. They are subsequently freed of terrorism charges when the president becomes implicated in giving orders to Black Obsidian. The QE machine is used to establish two-way telepathic communication artificially. In the end, Henning is able to both send and receive. Some carriers meet an untimely end due to the black market for negative mass. The final chapter focuses on the issue of racism, which is inherent in the hunt for these people.