Snapped (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798244096378)

A forensic psychologist's most baffling case isn't about insanity-it's about something far beyond this world.

Dr. Matthew Hamilton is used to the locked doors and sterile silence of the mental health facility. But nothing in his career has prepared him for Frederick Douglass-a man accused of a horrific triple homicide who sits in absolute, unbreakable catatonia, week after week. No words, no reactions, just a hollow shell. Hamilton's professional facade is crumbling, and the state is demanding answers he doesn't have.

Just as Hamilton reaches his breaking point, an unexpected message from his past arrives. Marla Simmons, a brilliant and boldly intuitive former classmate, sees something in the case files that Hamilton missed: every piece of Douglass's identity is a lie. Together, they pry open the first crack in the prisoner's silence, and he speaks a single, impossible name: Takhar.

What follows is a descent into a reality where the rules of psychology shatter. Takhar claims he is not of this Earth-a being of immense power trapped in human form by a jealous brother's curse. He speaks of ancient gods, sacred forests, and a ritual under the new moon that will reveal the truth. Skeptical but desperate, Hamilton and Marla are drawn into a perilous pact, spiriting their patient from maximum security into the heart of a primordial forest.

But Takhar is no helpless victim. As the moon darkens, so does the line between delusion and divinity. Trees speak, fireflies form giants, and reality itself bends to his will. Hamilton and Marla will confront not just a criminal mind, but a cosmic conflict-one where love, betrayal, and sanity are merely human concepts in a war between brothers older than time.

Snapped is a gripping fusion of psychological thriller and dark fantasy-a relentless exploration of obsession, the fragility of the mind, and the terrifying possibility that the voices in our heads might not be madness, but messages from something... or someone... beyond.