Project Onyx — John O'Riley

As a high level empath approaching senior year in high school, Brian struggles with his out of control talent that is causing constant psychic burnout and threatens his life. This becomes the very least of his problems when he's chosen for an illegal experiment and kidnapped by a group of merciless scientists intent on developing a retrovirus that can create the ultimate weapon in psychic ability. Brian's empathic talent warns him that his captors will kill him when they've concluded whether or not the injection has succeeded in giving him new psychic abilities. He knows he has only days to discover a way to escape before they end his life.

Unfortunately, there's another danger lying in wait. Someone close to Brian is an energy transference psi, commonly referred to as a psychic vampire, who has been stealing his energy for many years and is willing to murder him to keep the secret safe.

Winters Family Psi Chronicles:
Book 1: Transformation
Book 2: Project Onyx
Book 3: Black Moon (This book has receive a 5 star rating for the 2015 International book contest for the Reader's Choice Awards.

The author is an award winning writer of novels and screenplays in the category of urban fantasy, comedy, science fiction and young adult. His movie feature screenplay, Cursed, is an Honorable Mention Winner for the 2012 Screenplay Festival. His most recent accomplishments include the screenplays Cursed, Project Pandora, Pinky Swear, Incipio, and Bad Sister which have been listed as Quarter Finalists, Semi Finalists, and Top Finalists in the 2013 Scriptapalooza International Screenplay Competition, 2012 Screenplay Festival, 2012 Filmmakers International Screenplay Awards, 2012 StoryPros International Awards, 2012 Pulsar Sci Fi Screenplay Contest, and the 2012 Reel Authors International Breakout.