change of heart

Danny Reyes is measured at six years old by Halworth-Sears Pediatric Continuity Services and later recruited to their elite academy, where he eventually discovers the school's true purpose: raising high-potential children to have their minds erased so wealthy clients can transfer their consciousness into young, healthy bodies. Scoring nearly perfect on the "Continuity Index," Danny is selected by Lucan Voss, the richest man alive, but a resistance movement implants a device called a Filter in Danny's brain that blocks the transfer. When the procedure is attempted, Voss's mind has nowhere to go and dies in his own failing body, while Danny wakes up intact—now wearing Voss's identity. For over a year he plays the part flawlessly, secretly funneling the trillion-dollar fortune into scholarships, trusts, and efforts to shut down all eleven Continuity Academies. Finally, he reveals the truth to the world, dismantles the industry that would have erased him, and walks away—no longer invento