Limitless (The Dark Fields)

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE CBS SERIES, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BRADLEY COOPER A burnout at thirty-five, months behind on his book, low on cash, and something of a loser, Eddie Spinola could use a shot in the arm. One day he randomly runs into Vernon, his ex-wife's brother, and his ex-dealer. Now employed by a shadowy pharmaceutical company, Vernon has something that might help: a new designer drug that stimulates brain function. One pill and Eddie is hooked. His book is finished within days; he learns and synthesizes information at a frightening rate; and he can go a long time without sleep or food. Naturally, he begins to play the stock market. But when Vernon turns up dead, Eddie makes off with the only stash of the drug in existence. Then come the side effects: black-outs, blinding headaches, and violent outbursts he can't seem to remember. Alan Glynn's Limitless is a high-concept thriller for this Adderall age, and a haunting meditation on the allure and the curse of human potential. Imagine A Drug That Made Your Brain Function With Perfect Efficiency, Tapping Into Your Deepest Resources Of Creativity, Intelligence And Drive. A Drug That Can Help You Learn A Foreign Language In A Day. A Drug That Can Help You Process Information So Fast You Can See Patterns In The Stock Market. Just As His Life Is Fading Into Mediocrity, Eddie Spinola Discovers Such A Pill: Mdt-48, Viagra For The Brain. But While The Benefits Of Such A Mind-drug Quickly Start To Materialise, So Too Do The Side-effects. And When Eddie Tries To Track Down Other Users, To Help Him Kick His Addiction, He Finds Out That They're All Dying, Or Dead... The almost perfect drug has been created--it's users can learn a language in a day, play the stock market for millions, and seduce anyone and everyone. But the side-effects are beginning to show--and the addiction could literally be deadly