AT FIRST, IT LOOKS LIKE A DISEASE. AN EPIDEMIC THAT SPREADS THROUGH NO KNOWN MEANS, DRIVING ITS VICTIMS MAD WITH MEMORIES OF A LIFE THEY NEVER LIVED. BUT THE FORCE THAT’S SWEEPING THE WORLD IS NO PATHOGEN. IT’S JUST THE FIRST SHOCKWAVE, UNLEASHED BY A STUNNING DISCOVERY – AND WHAT’S IN JEOPARDY IS NOT JUST OUR MINDS. IN NEW YORK CITY, DETECTIVE BARRY SUTTON IS CLOSING IN ON THE TRUTH – AND IN A REMOTE LABORATORY, NEUROSCIENTIST HELENA SMITH IS UNAWARE THAT SHE ALONE HOLDS THE KEY TO THIS MYSTERY . . . AND THE TOOLS FOR FIGHTING BACK.