Meridian

Meridian is an original novel centered on a scenario involving teenage runaways Kathy and Rony. They leave the nest when Kathy becomes pregnant. They are put into a shelter by a scam artist who has designs on selling their baby. They are told their baby is special and will contribute to the human condition. They leave their baby in a warehouse, where Fire Chief Arthur Power finds the child and wants to adopt him. Arthur and his wife, Dee Pori, name the baby Young. Kathy begins to baby-sit for Young, and Arthur suspects the teens are Young's biological parents. Fifteen years later, Young is kidnapped by the diabolical Nasser, who takes Young to the Middle East with the knowledge that Young has the power to heal.