Prologue

1968

Tubes and wires snaked their way from the patient’s body, disappearing into machines whose purpose the average person couldn’t understand. The steady thump hiss from the ventilator kept the man on the table alive. Could he still be considered a man? The jury remained out on that question.

The sickly green tiles covering the walls gave the room an insane asylum feel. They traveled down to the floor and crawled across its surface. A single drain rested in the c. . .

Prologue

1968

Tubes and wires snaked their way from the patient’s body, disappearing into machines whose purpose the average person couldn’t understand. The steady thump hiss from the ventilator kept the man on the table alive. Could he still be considered a man? The jury remained out on that question.

The sickly green tiles covering the walls gave the room an insane asylum feel. They traveled down to the floor and crawled across its surface. A single drain rested in the c. . .