The Dream Gene: The Search for Genetic Memory

The genre of the book is what can be categorized as “science faction, for much of the story remains faithful to the times in which we live.” The fictional story, written in the first person, tells the story of a young secular Jew named Jacob Cahn as he attempts to understand the meaning of a strange recurrent dream. After finishing his pre-med degree at Emery University in Atlanta, he rejects his family’s expectations for him to follow in his father’s footsteps to become a general practitioner and decides instead to become a geneticist. He is accepted by the prestigious Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. He leaves behind Rachel, a girl whom he dearly loves whose father, an Orthodox Jew, refuses to sign their ketuba, the Jewish engagement contract. Flavored with a generous amount of Yiddish humor, the story contains many surprises along a path that ultimately leads this brilliant geneticist to accept Yeshua as his Lord and Savior. Jacob’s reputation is tested in the crucible of the contest between good and evil. His path ultimately leads him to discover the special calling and destiny God has prepared for this completed Jewish believer.

Lee Bush lives in Kalispell Montana with his wife Mildred. They have been married 55 years and are the proud parents of three adult children and seven grandchildren. Lee earned his Bachelor's Degree in Economics from UCLA in 1966 and his Master's Degree in Geography from the University of Arizona in 1969. He has enjoyed a varied career during his lifetime. He served as an instructor at the University of Nebraska, Omaha Campus for seven years. He left the University and obtained a job as a geographer with the United States Census Bureau in 1976. He received the bronze medal award from the Department of Commerce in 1993. Lee was offered an early retirement from the Census Bureau in 1994 and moved to California in 1996. Lee served as an administrator at Hope Chapel Foursquare Church in Canoga Park, California for six years during which time he obtained a license as a Foursquare Minister. He studied and became a volunteer apologist with Reasons to Believe ministry in 2005. He is currently an ordained minister with the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, retired. Lee has an ongoing interest in science and Biblical Studies, especially as they relate to the times in which we now live. It is his belief we are now experiencing the fulfillment of ancient Biblical prophecies of the end times. Lee accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior at age 16 and has been an active member in churches during his adult life.