AUTHOR'S I have become aware that there is another S. E. Smith who already has nine works published. This is my first work, and it is very different from hers, so please do not confuse the two of us. David is a young, brilliant man working his way up in a market research company. But when the stress of seeking success leads him to a hypnotherapist's couch, he is inexplicably imbued with fascinating new abilities. But as he explores the reach of these new powers, his formerly harmless sense of elitism is brought to its logical conclusion, turning David into a monster, even toward those he loves. David must now fight both an inner enemy and an outer enemy, one who wishes to exalt him above the clouds and one who wishes to reduce him to ash to gain immortality.