{"product_id":"the-forgotten-prodigy-scott-p-hicks-9798307072639","title":"The Forgotten Prodigy: A thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe wakes up in Central Park with no memory, no ID, and an antique watch counting down from sixty.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor one hour, it can make him a genius. After that, it takes something back.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucas Stone has no idea who he is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll he has is a key to a luxury penthouse, a passport with his face on it, and a strange pocket watch that doesn't tell time. It grants it. When Lucas touches the right book, the watch floods his mind with impossible knowledge: medicine, forensics, combat, security systems, art crime, digital infiltration. For sixty minutes, he can become exactly what he needs to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the knowledge fades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd each use may be stripping away whatever pieces of himself are left.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first clue is a message waiting for him in the penthouse: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubject 19... come home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon Lucas is being hunted by armed operatives tied to a shadow organization, a brilliant scientist named Dr. Mercer, and a dangerous technology known as \u003cb\u003eOmega-Splice\u003c\/b\u003e, a process designed to rewrite memory, implant expertise, and reshape human identity itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Lucas searches for answers, he discovers that stolen paintings, hidden polymer data, secret labs, and elite black-market auctions are all part of the same terrifying design. Mercer isn't just experimenting with knowledge. He's building a way to manufacture people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExperts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWeapons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eObedient minds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Detective Marianne Reyes at his side, Lucas races from New York penthouses to abandoned clinics, guarded estates, covert labs, and underground vaults, trying to stop Mercer before the final piece of the technology is recovered. But every step closer to the truth forces Lucas to use the watch again, and every use brings him closer to the thing he fears most: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinning the fight, but losing himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Forgotten Prodigy\u003c\/b\u003e is a fast-paced science thriller packed with mystery, conspiracy, stolen-art secrets, high-stakes action, and one haunting question: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIf your memories were stolen, how far would you go to get them back?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who enjoy: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmnesia-driven mysteries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eHigh-concept technology thrillers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eSecret experiments and shadow organizations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eStolen-art conspiracies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eFast-paced action with psychological stakes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hero fighting to reclaim his identity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucas Stone was never supposed to escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow he has one hour at a time to bring the truth into the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott P. Hicks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798307072639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d","brand":"Scott P. Hicks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49166818738431,"sku":"9798307072639","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-forgotten-prodigy-scott-p-hicks-9798307072639","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}