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THE BRAIN HAS NO FIREWALL

Pierce Reston is a member of an elite unit of extreme persuasion experts.

After people across the nation begin reporting 'missing time', and a series of unexplained terrifying coincidences, he's assigned to investigate.

Women going missing in Prague, and a national outbreak of amnesia trigger…

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1 author picked Phrase Seven as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Mind control has long been a fascinating topic for me, and this book fits right in, exploring how a stolen top-secret mind control phrase threatens to ignite global conflict. Because this book was written by ex-intelligence, its nuances of the underbelly of the CIA are written in captivating detail.

I read this book every chance I could and finished it in a week. I recently discovered Chase Hughes wrote a sequel to this book, entitled The Belgrade Archer. I am excited to read it.

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On locked ward 5C4, Josh, a patient with many similarities to Jesus, is hospitalized concurrently with Nick, a patient with many similarities to Santa. The two argue…

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