Borrowed Minds: A Consciousness Stolen – Maravich, Michael

I could feel his heart racing against my palm. “Can it wait until morning?” “No. I don’t think it can.” He shifted, and I felt him press something into my hand. A USB drive. “What’s this?” “Everything. Everything I’ve found about Reed. If something happens tomorrow—” “Tomorrow? What’s happening tomorrow?” He was quiet for a long moment.

“I’m meeting with someone. A source inside the Institute. They’re going to give me the proof I need—the final piece of the puzzle.” “Marcus, that sounds dangerous.” “It is. But Claire, what Reed is doing… it’s so much worse than I thought. He’s not just stealing memories. He’s building something. A network of consciousness, all connected, all controlled by him. He wants to live forever, and he doesn’t care how many people he has to consume to do it.” “Then let’s go to the police.

The FBI. Someone who can actually stop him.” “They won’t believe me. Not without proof. And by the time they get the warrants, Reed will have destroyed everything.” He pulled me closer. “The USB drive has a dead man’s switch. If I don’t enter a code every 24 hours, it automatically sends everything to every major news outlet in the country.” “Marcus…” “Promise me you’ll keep it safe. And promise me, whatever happens, you won’t let Reed win.” I should have asked more questions.

Should have demanded answers. Should have tied him to the bed and refused to let him leave. Instead, I kissed him and said, “I promise.” Eight hours later, he was dead. Or so I thought. I open the door. And I remember everything. The memories hit me like a tsunami—not my memories, but my mother’s. Stored somehow in the deepest recesses of my neural architecture, hidden away for thirty years, waiting for this moment. I see Reed, young and handsome and terrifying, explaining his vision for human consciousness to a rapt audience of one—my mother, barely twenty- two, brilliant and naive and desperately in love.

Copyright © 2025 by Michael Maravich All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise without written permission from the publisher. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.

This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters, and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or localities is entirely coincidental. Michael Maravich asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. First edition This book was professionally typeset on Reedsy Find out more at reedsy.com 1kitap1.com/en Contents Preface I.

PART ONE: THE PROCEDURE (CHAPTERS 1-8) Chapter 1 – The Consultation Chapter 2: The Decision Chapter 3: The Procedure Chapter 4: The Investigation Chapter 5: The Performance Chapter 6: The Mother Wound Chapter 7: The Living Dead Chapter 8: The Infiltration II. PART TWO: THE UNRAVELING (CHAPTERS 9-15) Chapter 9: The Voice Inside Chapter 10: The Investigation Chapter 11: Jenna’s Concern Chapter 12: The Source Chapter 13: The Pattern Chapter 14: Daniel’s Truth III. PART THREE: THE BREAK-IN (CHAPTERS 15-20) Chapter 15: The Break-In Chapter 16: The Revelation Chapter 17: The Prisoner Chapter 18: The Confrontation Chapter 19: Claire Escapes IV.

PART FOUR: THE AFTERMATH (CHAPTERS 21-23) Chapter 20: The Investigation Chapter 21: The Reckoning Chapter 22: The Final Memory EPILOGUE Also by Michael Maravich 1kitap1.com/en Preface Borrowed Minds: A Consciousness Stolen What makes you… you? Is it the sum of your memories—every laugh, every tear, every moment of triumph and heartbreak stored in the folds of your brain? Is it the voice in your head that narrates your life, the one you assume belongs to you and you alone?

Or is it something deeper, something science hasn’t yet learned to measure or map? These are the questions that haunted me long before I wrote this book. We live in an age of unprecedented technological advancement. We can edit genes, grow organs in laboratories, and peer into the living brain with machines that would have seemed like magic a generation ago.

Scientists are already experimenting with brain-computer interfaces, memory enhancement, and the digital preservation of consciousness. What was once the realm of science fiction is rapidly becoming science fact.

This is a short excerpt from the opening of “Borrowed Minds: A Consciousness Stolen” by Maravich, Michael, quoted for review and introduction purposes. All rights belong to the copyright holders.

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Table of Contents

• Page 6: Preface
• Page 8: I. PART ONE: THE PROCEDURE (CHAPTERS 1-8)
• Page 10: Chapter 1 – The Consultation
• Page 20: Chapter 2: The Decision
• Page 33: Chapter 3: The Procedure
• Page 47: Chapter 4: The Investigation
• Page 60: Chapter 5: The Performance
• Page 74: Chapter 6: The Mother Wound
• Page 84: Chapter 7: The Living Dead
• Page 97: Chapter 8: The Infiltration
• Page 113: II. PART TWO: THE UNRAVELING (CHAPTERS 9-15)
• Page 115: Chapter 9: The Voice Inside
• Page 128: Chapter 10: The Investigation
• Page 139: Chapter 11: Jenna’s Concern
• Page 149: Chapter 12: The Source
• Page 160: Chapter 13: The Pattern
• Page 173: Chapter 14: Daniel’s Truth
• Page 183: III. PART THREE: THE BREAK-IN (CHAPTERS 15-20)
• Page 185: Chapter 15: The Break-In
• Page 196: Chapter 16: The Revelation
• Page 205: Chapter 17: The Prisoner
• Page 216: Chapter 18: The Confrontation
• Page 225: Chapter 19: Claire Escapes
• Page 235: IV. PART FOUR: THE AFTERMATH (CHAPTERS 21-23)
• Page 237: Chapter 20: The Investigation
• Page 247: Chapter 21: The Reckoning
• Page 256: Chapter 22: The Final Memory
• Page 268: EPILOGUE
• Page 273: Also by Michael Maravich

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