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<p><strong>Samuel Connie Clark II lives an unremarkable life in Texas-just trying to survive one day at a time.</strong></p><p>With school piling on endless homework a part-time job that barely pays and rent hanging over his head Sam works hard to help his struggling mom make ends meet. He's not thinking about the future-he's just hoping to make it through the week.</p><p>But everything changes after a rare opportunity to travel to London is shattered by a near-fatal car accident. When Sam wakes from a coma he isn't the same. He's faster-<em>unimaginably</em> fast. Gifted with superhuman speed.</p><p>At first it's fun. He finishes homework in seconds breezes through books in minutes and plays with time like it's a toy. But Sam quickly learns that life moves differently when you can't slow down-and not everyone uses power the same way.</p><p>Enter <strong>Fulton Rockefeller Bruning</strong>-a once-poor blue-collar genius who now lives in luxury thanks to a life of high-stakes theft. He's ruthless cunning and determined to care for his ailing mother no matter the cost. Sam sees in Fulton what he <em>could</em> become-if he lost sight of who he is.</p><p>As their worlds collide Sam is forced to confront what kind of person he wants to be. Can he balance home school work and his new identity as something <em>more</em> than human? Or will the weight of power-and responsibility-pull him under?</p><p><strong>In a race against time morality and survival Sam learns that being extraordinary comes at a cost-and the hardest battles are the ones we fight within ourselves.</strong></p>