From a tender young age, Desmond Brice was aware of his special gifts. He could hear strange voices that no one else could hear whispering to him from out of the fire. Desmond is a farm boy tied to the family plot in Canyon County, Oregon which isn't much of anywhere. The one horse prairie town is especially lonesome for a prodigiously intelligent kid was burgeoning gifts. As Desmond grows older, he learns to hone this ability. At the same time however he discovers that his skills are coveted for their dark powers. When one of his college classmates, Sarah Taylor, lets on that she's aware of his ability, it begins a cat and mouse game which Desmond must win, or else risk losing his psychic powers to the government agency desperate to exploit him. In this first book of The Strange Air series of supernatural mysteries, we follow Desmond Brice through a series of vignettes from his school days through his days as a professor as he learns to lie, hide and finally embrace the truth of who he is.

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