For Ian Mallory, life as he knew it ended the day his wife was murdered, in an attack that sent him into a coma. Three years later, he''s woken up, with the bullet still lodged inside his brain. Any attempt to remove it will kill him, but that isn''t all: because of the bullet, he feels emotions several hours after they occur. An affliction that may be a gift—at least in the eyes of the NSA.