Phantom Lament
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Last published Mon, May 11, 2015
Left distraught in the wake of his father's death, cynical and reserved college student Quinn Parish has always been a distrustful outcast disconnected with the world around him. Subsequently wrecking his car into a tree one day after visiting his estranged mother, he awakens in a hospital with no injuries to find that he has somehow developed an ability to read and influence the thoughts and minds of others.
Accompanied by his charismatic psychology professor, Simon Newton, who can also read minds, his next door neighbor, Ellie Harting, who can heal injuries with a single touch, and Christopher Page, a wheelchair-bound student and fellow acquaintance, Quinn will seek to lift the veil on the existence of people gifted with abilities, pursue the mystery behind his father's murder, and fight for his life against others like him, all while uncovering scattered remnants of a deeper connection to his early life.
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