The Awakening Consciousness
Rhiley McCabeSince he had come out of a coma eight months ago, Norwood Hyde has been drifting through life with long-term amnesia—staying out of trouble and keeping to himself, with no desire to learn about his past and whatever caused his head injury. Being a proud barfly, he finds solace in dive bars between individuals who, like him, wish to escape from reality.
However, when he meets Brandee––an intriguing and beautiful young woman––at his favorite bar, his night soon spirals into a life-threatening experience forcing him to reconnect with a past he can’t recall.
Kidnapped and held at gunpoint, Norwood desperately tries to cling to life as a group of art fanatics, the Dargerians, interrogate him. But when he thinks he’s finally out of danger, he and the Dargerians suffer an attack from powerful forces.
With nowhere to go, Norwood entrusts his life to the same people who tried to kill him and learns about his past.