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Simon Pulse
October 2016
On Sale: October 18, 2016
376 pages
ISBN: 148143280X
EAN: 9781481432801
Kindle: B01BKR4750
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Young Adult Suspense
A teenage sociopath is βfixedβ after he gets an implant thatβs supposed to cure him in this thrilling coming of age tale from the author of Willful Machines. A year ago, Rem Braithwaite watched his classmate Franklin Kettle commit a horrific crime. Now, apart from the nightmares, life has gone back to normal for Rem. Franklin was caught, convicted, and put away in juvenile detention for what he did. The ordeal seems to be over. Until Remβs mother selects Franklin as a test subject for an experimental brain procedure intended to βcureβ him of his cruel and violent impulses. Suddenly Remβs memories of that day start coming back to the surface. His nightmares become worse than ever. Plus he has serious doubts about whether his motherβs procedure will even work. Can evil really just be turned off? Then, as part of Franklinβs follow-up testing, he and Rem are brought face to face, and Rem discoversβ¦Franklin does seem different. Despite everything, Rem finds himself becoming friends with Franklin. Maybe even something more than friends. But when another of their classmates turns up dead, Remβs world turns upside-down yet again. Franklin insists that heβs innocent, that heβs cured, but Rem doesnβt know what to believe. Is someone else responsible for this new murder, or is Franklin fated to stay a monster forever? And can Rem find out the answer to this question before the killer, whoever it is, comes after him too?
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