A Blinded Mind by Cari Z.
Dreamspinner Press
Science Fiction M/M
ISBN: 978-1-61372-131-5
Reviewed by Lisa

Life changed for everyone after the stupidity of a Third World War, some countries changed borders and others were lost forever. A small percentage of the population showed irrefutable proof of true psychic talent. Their gifts are valuable to the people in charge to use or misuse as the governing bodies see fit.

At the tender age of five Jonathan Hatcher was brought to the attention of PsyCo or the Bureau of Psychological Corrections. He was promised continual visits by his parents and younger sister yet only a handful of visits were forthcoming before he never sees them again. Jonathan’s a model student in all the regular classes and the psychic testing until the actions of Dr. Nelson Cagney antagonize him into rebelling in his early teens. Repercussions find Jonathan forced to live in a high security wing at PsyCo where life is spent in a cage and the punishments are harsh.

The day Jonathan managed to escape is one of the most liberating and terrifying moments in his life with no one to turn to, no one to advise an unskilled teen how to survive. One thing he does know is that PsyCo will do anything to reacquire Jonathan. He is the strongest psychic in all of Europe and possibly the world. In the end it is Lt. Samuel Sharpe or Sam who catches Jonathan…with love.

An edgy intensity bleeds through each and every page in A Blinded Mind. Jonathan tells his story in a very compelling way, flipping between the present, his childhood and his relationship with Sam seamlessly bringing the significant times front and center. Highly absorbing, A Blinded Mind offers incredible impact as Jonathan’s complex tale unfolds. A Blinded Mind will stay with you long after you finish the last page.