The Night Ethan Forgot

The Night Ethan Forgot

By Frederick A. Wooten

A gripping psychological thriller about memory, guilt, and the terrifying possibility that the greatest danger may live inside your own mind.

Ethan Hale is a quiet man living a carefully controlled life. At thirty-four, his days are built on routines designed to keep his mind steady-notes in journals, alarms on his phone, and strict habits meant to prevent the blackouts that have haunted him for years.

Fifteen years ago, Ethan's best friend, Daniel Mercer, died on a storm-soaked night that Ethan cannot fully remember.

Police ruled the death an accident.

But Ethan woke up the next morning with blood on his hands and pieces of that night missing from his memory.

Not long after, doctors diagnosed him with Dissociative Identity Disorder, telling him the trauma fractured his mind into separate identities. Ethan has spent years trying to believe that explanation-trying to convince himself that whatever happened that night was simply a tragic accident buried beneath psychological scars.

Then one night, everything changes.

Ethan receives a text message from an unknown number.

"You're finally ready to remember."

The message is signed with a name Ethan has never spoken aloud.

Victor.

Victor is the identity that lives somewhere deep inside Ethan's mind-the one who appears during the hours Ethan cannot account for. The one who leaves behind strange messages, unexplained purchases, and conversations Ethan doesn't remember having.

And Victor claims to know the truth.

As Ethan begins to lose control of the fragile boundaries inside his mind, fragments of the past begin to surface-violent arguments, flashes of rain and headlights, and the growing realization that Daniel Mercer's death may have been far more than an accident.

But the deeper Ethan digs into his own fractured memories, the more disturbing the truth becomes.

Because Victor isn't just another personality.

Victor was born the night Daniel died.