The fabulous and thrilling final novel in the Bill Hodges trilogy, by the number one bestselling author of and ! For nearly six years, in room 217 of the Lakes Region Brain Injury Clinic, Brady Hartsfield has remained in a persistent vegetative state. A full recovery seems unlikely for the perpetrator of the “Mercedes Massacre,” in which eight people were killed and many more were maimed for life. But behind his empty stare, Brady is fully awake and aware, having been injected with experimental drugs... plotting, waiting for the right moment while training to make the most of his new and deadly powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without even leaving his hospital room.