In The Company of Mind author: Steven Piziks rating: asin: 067157776X binding: Mass Market Paperback list price: $6.99 USD amazon price: $6.99

Lance Michaels Blackstone has it all: his own VR rig, a personal bodyguard, a luxurious mansion...and a horrific monster for a father. One of the richest men in the galaxy, Jonathan Blackstone is surely also one of the sickest. He has tortured and tormented his son all his life, even using him as a guinea pig in illegal medical experiments intended to "improve" him, to turn him into a son his father could love.

But Jonathan Blackstone is not capable of love, and Lance cannot be the son he wants. He hates and fears the father who abuses him, distrusts the mother who does not save him, and must somehow survive by his wits alone in the midst of apparent wealth and comfort. Even more confusing, he begins to lose large chunks of time, find objects in his room he never put there, and hear voices arguing inside his head. And then one of the voices speaks directly to him.... After Lance escapes his father's clutches, Blackstone does everything in his considerable power to get him back. Lance eludes him successfully for some time, coming to terms with his strange life, and capitalizing on the peculiarities that result from it. But when his mother and her friend are tricked into terrible danger, Lance is the only one who might save them. To do it, he must confront his nightmare past and face all the deep secrets buried in his mind.

Excellent read. Steven Piziks (aka Steven Harper) is now on my 'buy whenever I can' list.