He woke up strapped to a table with no memory and no way out. Ronan was never supposed to escape Project Impulse. Helix Dynamics called it a breakthrough in human optimization. A classified initiative designed to isolate empathy, amplify it, and weaponize it. If one person could absorb another’s pain, suffering could be redirected, controlled, even monetized. Ronan is the only proof it worked and proof can't be allowed to walk free. Engineered to feel what others feel, to take pain into himself and survive it, he is more than a test subject. He is proof of concept. A prototype capable of turning trauma into tactical advantage. When Ronan escapes the facility that built him, Helix initiates containment protocols across an entire city. Media narratives shift. Law enforcement mobilizes. Anonymous tips flood the system. A dangerous fugitive, they say. A violent anomaly. A threat to public safety. The lie spreads faster than the truth ever could. To retrieve their investment, Helix deploys Subject Two. Enhanced. Conditioned. Ruthlessly precise. A hunter designed to adapt in real time and correct the original flaw. The flaw being autonomy. Investigative journalist Maeve Theroux has been tracking Helix for months, chasing rumors of vanished patients, falsified records, and a program buried beneath layers of corporate immunity. When her investigation collides with Ronan’s escape, she uncovers something far worse than medical misconduct. Cryogenic subjects stored like inventory. Neural mapping logged as assets. Phase Four authorization for global export. Helix is not experimenting, they are creating weapons to be sold to the highest bidder. As cities tighten under manufactured fear and international contracts move into place, Ronan and Maeve find themselves at the center of a confrontation that reaches far beyond one corporation. The world is on the brink of accepting engineered compliance as progress. Ronan must decide what he is. A weapon. An asset. Or an anomaly. Or the one variable Helix never accounted for. Choice. Because empathy was never meant to be controlled. And once the world learns the truth, some impulses cannot be contained. Project Impulse is a relentless, high-stakes techno thriller about corporate power, engineered evolution, and the cost of refusing to become what they designed you to be. Perfect for readers who crave morally charged suspense, explosive action, and a story where resistance is the most dangerous act of all.