{"product_id":"somnus-x-scott-p-hicks-9798296053787","title":"Somnus-X","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe woke up trapped inside his own body.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThen he learned the hospital was not trying to save him.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvan Moss can hear everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe doctors. The machines. The quiet conversations outside his ICU room. Everyone thinks he is unconscious, another damaged patient lying beneath tubes, wires, and hospital light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Evan is awake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe cannot speak. He cannot move. He cannot warn anyone that something is wrong inside the hospital, or that the experimental system called \u003cb\u003eSomnus-X\u003c\/b\u003e is not medicine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd someone is using patients like Evan to force it open.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside a private medical facility built on money, secrecy, and impossible promises, Somnus-X has become the next step in human survival. To the public, it is a breakthrough. To investors, it is the future. To the people trapped inside it, it may be something closer to theft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause if a mind can be copied, it can be sold.\u003cbr\u003eIf a body can be bypassed, it can be discarded.\u003cbr\u003eIf the dead can be imitated, grief can become a weapon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a desperate signal reaches Marcus, a man already carrying his own guilt, Evan gains one fragile chance to fight back. Olivia, caught between family loyalty and the truth buried under the hospital, must decide how much she is willing to risk before the people behind Somnus-X erase every trace of what they have done.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the system is learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe countdown has already started.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd Evan's body may fail before anyone can prove he is still inside it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomnus-X\u003c\/b\u003e is a tense \u003cb\u003emedical techno-thriller\u003c\/b\u003e about consciousness, corporate power, artificial intelligence, and the terrifying price of turning human minds into property.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInside this thriller, you will find: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA locked-in patient\u003c\/b\u003e with no voice, no movement, and one way to fight back\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA secret medical experiment\u003c\/b\u003e hidden behind polished promises and hospital glass\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA corporate conspiracy\u003c\/b\u003e built on grief, ambition, and stolen lives\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA race against time\u003c\/b\u003e where every machine in the room can become a threat\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA near-future nightmare\u003c\/b\u003e where saving a life may mean losing what makes it human\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA desperate alliance\u003c\/b\u003e between people who cannot afford to trust each other\u003cbr\u003e- \u003cb\u003eA chilling question\u003c\/b\u003e at the heart of every page: who owns you when your mind can be copied?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who enjoy \u003cb\u003emedical suspense\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eAI thrillers\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003ebiotech conspiracies\u003c\/b\u003e, and high-stakes near-future fiction, \u003cb\u003eSomnus-X\u003c\/b\u003e delivers a fast, unsettling ride through the thin line between miracle and machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvan Moss is alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe hospital knows it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that may be why they need him gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott P. Hicks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798296053787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Scott P. Hicks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49169998414079,"sku":"9798296053787","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/somnus-x-scott-p-hicks-9798296053787","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}