Tim Kring created Heroes, if you were wondering why the name sounded familiar. Personally I couldn’t help a bit of an eye roll at this trailer – but for you conspiracy nuts out there, here it is:
Book jacket:
Set in the crucible of the 1960s, Shift is the story of Chandler Forrestal, a man whose life is changed forever when he is unwittingly dragged into a CIA mind-control experiment. After being given a massive dose of LSD, Chandler develops a frightening array of mental powers. With his one-in-a-billion brain chemistry, Chandler’s heightened perception uncovers a plot to assassinate president Kennedy. Chased across the globe by the dark powers of world government, will Chandler be able to harness the “shift” and rewrite history?
You can read an excerpt here.
Byrt says:
Being the first class history nerd that I am, I can tell you that yes, the CIA was freaked out enough by the idea of brainwashing and mind control in the 60s that they did experiment with various drugs, and in one such experiment they dosed a group of people with LSD without their consent, and one of the test subjects, a scientist, had such a bad trip he killed himself a few days later. The CIA kept the real reason behind his suicide a secret from the family for years.
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