Mindmerger

the long version

"A company calling itself MindMerger has exclusive rights to a microchip with life-changing properties. Already utilized to create a communication bridge between animals and humans, the chip is applied to other technologies, resulting in a new breed of fowl and the establishment of perennial crops. Adam Pollard moves his company from Mexico and reestablishes it in the United States. He and his team gain access to a secret military facility where cutting-edge research is applied to understanding chip's origin. Against the backdrop of a presidential assassination and a conference on animal rights, Adam's stewardship of the world's most coveted item makes him the logical target of any who would exploit the chip's potential. MindMerger takes the team members to the threshold of a fourth dimension, causing them to wonder if the microchip is not a product of alien design" --Page 4 of cover.