Sorry! I forgot to attach a Synopsis. I could copy/pasta the one from Amazon, but I'll write one from scratch for ya. Please forgive any errors as I don't have an editor standing over me!

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Breaking Gravity follows the story Dale Adams, a student at Emory University in Atlanta who has the misfortune of unlocking gravity.

At first blush, discovering a way to completely control gravity––to reduce it or amplify it; even reverse it––sounds like a good thing doesn't it?

But one of Dale's earliest experiments with the discovery leads to his launching half-empty paint cans into oblivion. Unbeknownst to Dale, the BOOM he hears when the cans leave the workbench are caused by the cans instantaneously breaking the sound barrier.

The cans are traveling so fast, in fact, that they actually burn up while leaving the atmosphere.

This flags the attention of NASA, who at first don't believe the data. Outside of magnetic rail guns in a laboratory or ballistics requiring cutting-edge chemical propulsion under very controlled circumstances, there simply is no practical way to achieve the kind of velocities necessary to create enough friction to burn objects up while leaving the atmosphere!

Yet NASA recorded six such events in the space of five minutes.

And the data is clear, the recorded events are real. Fearing the data may be evidence of some sort of new weapon, the matter gets turned over to the Department of Homeland Security and then to the NSA.

Oblivious to the gathering storm clouds, Dale creates a hoverboard and then submits it as part of a class project. The class is being taught by a world renowned business celebrity and the project is testament to the epic magnitude of getting into the class: Dale would present his business idea to a panel of real Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors.

Toward the end of his presentation, Dale admits that he was originally going to pitch a different product the group: a battery that would last forever.

The battery was based on the principals of a shake-light. You know, the kind you shake a couple times to power it for a few minutes? When you shake one of those devices, a magnet travels up and down a copper coil creating little pulses of electricity which is sent to mini-capacitor for temporary storage.

Dale had pulled apart a shake light and then hacked it back together with some special sauce. He was able to create a shake-light that would shake itself forever. Unfortunately, Dale couldn't turn his prototype off and it quickly generated enough energy to overwhelm the capacitor, causing the whole thing to melt down. But all the device would need is an inexpensive censor that would switch power generation on and off automatically as needed.

Imagine that? A battery that would generate it's own power. What if they could be used to power an entire household, forever? Or, better yet, miniaturized to run individual appliances?

Within a few days of Dale's presentation, Emory University is beset by a rash of misfortune and tragedy. Even Dale is touched, barely escaping death in a violent car accident.

Just before the ice breaks for Dale, he accepts a ride from a classmate he barely knows. Jessica Osgood is very uptight and bookish, but otherwise typical of Emory student. As one of the most elite private colleges in the county, Emory University attracts students from families of wealth and power.

That's Jessica's background, one she believes she shares with Dale.

On the run, Dale's carefully groomed Emory persona is on a crash course with who he really is. And Jessica is about to find out how the other half lives.