The Merge (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781764486705)

Jarvis Lumen is a PhD candidate in linguistics at MIT who believes in facts and evidence. But when he is accused of faking his research, his future begins to fall apart. Soon, his mind and body start to betray him, and his everyday life becomes frightening and confusing.

He begins seeing strange faces everywhere. At first, he thinks he is hallucinating and tells himself it is just stress. But the faces keep appearing, and he discovers a secret cult that believes people's lives are controlled by the stars-and the cult members will kill anyone who resists them.

Suddenly Jarvis realizes the faces he thought were watching him are not strangers-they are his own. He has actually been part of the cult for much longer than he ever knew.

As the cult closes in, Jarvis must make a difficult choice: follow the path the stars have set, or fight to keep his free will.