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Bryan Pierce is an internationally famous artist whose paintings have dazzled the world. But there's a secret to his success: every canvas is inspired by an unusually vivid dream. When Bryan awakes, he possesses extraordinary new skills--like the ability to speak obscure languages and an inexplicable genius for chess. All his life, he's wondered if his dreams are recollections--if he's re-experiencing other people's lives. Linz Jacobs is a neurogeneticist, absorbed in decoding the genes that help the brain make memories, until she's confronted with an exact rendering of a recurring nightmare at one of Bryan's shows. She tracks down the elusive artist, and their meeting triggers Bryan's most powerful dream yet: visions of a team of scientists who, on the verge of discovering a cure for Alzheimer's, died in a lab explosion decades ago.
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I saw that this book had a lot of mixed reviews before I started it, so I was a bit skeptical when I checked it out from the library... and then a little over 24 hours later, I finally finished it because I couldn't put it down. I loved everything about this book. The concept was awesome, romance wasn't all that prevalent, and it essentially combined all my favorite genres into one book. It was part sci-fi, part historical fiction, part fantasy, and it worked surprisingly well. While some of the twists were easy to see coming, I didn't really mind it because it worked anyways and still turned out to be a great story. The only thing I didn't love was the ending because it felt too open for me. Overall though, it was a great read, and I'm glad that I gave it a chance!