Borrowed Time
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It always starts with the smell of smoke - not fire, just the ghost of it.
He wakes in a hospital, in a body that isn't his, surrounded by people who call him Evan. They say he survived an explosion. They say he's lucky.
But he doesn't remember the fire - only the sensation of burning. And it's not the first time.
Each life he wakes into is tied to death. Each time, the fire gets closer.
Who started the fire?
Why does he keep coming back?
And what happens when he finally remembers?
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