The Dreams of the Dead
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2138 CE. A woman wakes up after an almost year-long coma. She has just undergone a brain transplant. Everything is alright at first, but she soon discovers that her dreams are those of the woman whose brain she now uses - and her donor was murdered.
She must use these dreams now to solve the mystery of her donor's death and catch the killer.
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