3:34 a.m.

Henry is still reeling from the events surrounding his abduction and the strange condition that leaves him awake only one hour a day. He wants answers about his mother, his father, a flash drive, and the government-linked program tied to his life.

As Henry searches for his mother, he gets pulled into a parallel cold case involving the murder of a teenage girl decades earlier. The investigation leads through journals, old secrets, blackmail, and buried connections between family history and state experiments.

The deeper Henry digs, the more he learns that his condition, his parents, and powerful officials are connected through Project Sandman. The story keeps stacking revelations and ends by pushing Henry toward another decision that could change his future.