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In the not-too distant future, vampires drink thoughts, not blood. To avoid time in a correctional facility, Loni agrees to be part of an experiment that makes the country’s citizens safer. But the experiment leaves dangerous, irrevocable changes that no one expected. Loni and her friends have been turned into thought drinkers, human cybernetic hybrids who don't just read thoughts—they need them to survive. Determined not to let the scientist who ruined her life destroy anyone else’s future, Loni and her friends rescue other test subjects. But the scientist and his cronies will do anything to retrieve their experiments. Will Loni and her friends be stuck permanently as creatures that prey on other people’s thoughts? Or is there a way to live as more than monsters?