Hotel Hippocampus — Jack Karasch

An attack against his family renders ten-year-old Mitchell Emory an orphan and an epileptic. As an adult, his absentmindedness makes him the butt of jokes, until an on-the-job laboratory accident super-loads his memory. Central to the story is Mitch's relationship with a female hypnotherapist, as well as his love for his uncle, the man who reared him. Excursions through time -- seemingly random past life experiences -- reveal a distinctive force of evil, one that has haunted Mitch and his “psychic ancestors” for centuries. Encounters with the entity elicit clues which unlock the mysteries that surround his parents' murders. The ordeal forges Mitch emotionally and makes him more compassionate of the human spirit.