John Smith possesses a special gift that seems more like a curse: he can access other peoples thoughts. He hears the songs stuck in their heads, knows their most private traumas and fears, and relives the painful memories they can't let go of. The CIA honed his skills until he was one of their most powerful operatives, but John fled the Agency and now works as a private consultant, trying to keep the dark potentials of his gift in checkand himself out of trouble. Unfortunately, John is unexpectedly plunged into dangerous waters when his latest client, billionaire software genius Everett Sloan, hires him to investigate a former employeea tech whiz kid named Eli Prestonand search his thoughts for some very valuable intellectual property Sloan is convinced he's stolen. But before John can probe Prestons mind, his identity is compromised and hes on the run for his life, along with Sloane's young associate, Kelsey Foster. Hunted by shadowy enemies with extensive resources and unknown motives, John and Kelsey must go off the grid. And John knows that using his powers to their fullest potential is their only hope for survivaleven if it means putting his own sanity at risk. -- Amazon.com