Michael Paul Kozlowsky

Scarecrow Has a Gun: A Novel Michael Paul Kozlowsky New edition

Never trust other people's memories, and watch out for your own

Sean
Whittlesea was there when his wife was murdered. He saw the light leave her
eyes. He held her dead body in his arms.
He knows he wept, but he cannot recollect a single other detail. Tormented
by the tragedy, Sean relives the horror over and over again. As he struggles to
recall what really happened, his imagination serves up an endless chain of
scenarios. The truth, however, remains hidden in the vault of his memory, and
the key is nowhere to be found.

Nearly
two decades later, Sean, now remarried and a father of two, wins a bizarre
contest hosted by his eccentric boss. The prize is the Memory Palace, a
state-of-the-art black box that purportedly allows its possessor to relive
every moment he has ever experienced, playing out all the memories on a screen.

While
the small machine at first appears to be the answer to the mystery surrounding
the death of his wife, it instead upends Sean's life. He pushes his family further
and further away as the Memory Palace forces him to confront harsh realities
and difficult questions that he lacks the strength to face or answer. Spiraling
downward, Sean encounters increasingly harrowing challenges that force him to
realize that his memory is not the only thing at stake. To recover the truth about
his past, Sean must fight for his very life.