Half Dead

Calvert Green literally believes he´s dead--but that won´t stop him from diving deep into the secrets that threaten to bury him. The car accident took his wife and nearly killed him too, but Calvert Green´s problems are just beginning. He was a respected Russian literature scholar in Chicago, but due to severe head trauma, he´s now suffering from Cotard´s Disease--a rare physiological condition that makes him believe he´s dead. He has also lost much of his memory, including the academic knowledge that defined his life. Calvert knows few details about the accident but believes there´s more going on than he´s been told, so he leaves the care facility determined to find the truth behind his death. His search lands him in the middle of a city being terrorized by a murder spree, and young homicide detective Whistler Diaz has a prime suspect. But Whistler´s cousin Moe, a crusading journalist, zeroes in on Calvert, determined to prove he´s not all he seems. Intuition and improvisation were never Calvert´s strong suits, but now he has to draw on his hidden inner resources to clear his name. On a harrowing journey into the city´s underbelly--and deep into his psyche--Calvert begins to uncover the shocking truth of who he once was. Calvert might be on the verge of finding a new definition of sanity--but a malevolent force lurks in the shadows bent on total madness.