title: The Super-Secret Science Club: Case of the Disappearing Glass (Volume 1)
author:  S.C. Davis 
description: S.C. Davis is a biologist-turned writer, who now writes from her home in the San Francisco Bay Area where she lives with her husband and pets. The Super-Secret Science Club is her debut novel series. Visit her on the web at scdavisauthor.com.
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  The Law of Isolation
  
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  The lens glittered as Gevan held it up to the sunlight. Much better than the
  last one. Only a few tiny bubbles, and just the faintest tinge of green. Gevan
  lowered the lens and nodded at the spectacle maker. “Wonderful, Arlen.
  Wherever did you find glass so clear?”
  
  “I have my sources.” Arlen grinned at him. “I take it you find it suitable?”
  
  “Oh, yes.” Gevan tilted the lens so the morning light slanting from the window
  shone through the curved glass. He adjusted it until the small yellow circle
  cast on the spectacle shop counter shrank to a single point