The R.E.M. Project (Paperback or Softback)

The most powerful psychological weapon ever created has been unleashed.

A weapon the government is willing to kill for.

A weapon Big Pharma refuses to acknowledge.

A weapon that's only a prescription away.

It’s been six months since the release of Asteria Pharmaceutical’s groundbreaking sleeping pill, and already, profits are soaring. With the original clinical trial outliers in hiding and on the run, George Sturgis has had free rein to disperse his revolutionary genome-inhibiting medication to the masses, with little regard for Ocula’s unconventional side effects.

Meanwhile, in Langley, the Director of Central Intelligence has taken notice of Ocula’s success and is determined to take the drug off the streets—even if it means rebooting a dangerous project she swore she would eliminate for good.

As the original outliers get pulled deeper into the Ocula conspiracy, they’ll soon discover that they’re not the only ones dreaming.

The sequel to 2016's The R.E.M. Effect by J.M. Lanham, The R.E.M. Project is a new addition to the science-fiction thriller tradition of Michael Crichton, Preston & Child, Marcus Sakey, and Blake Crouch.

Dive into a psychological science-fiction thriller that explores Big Pharma corruption, clandestine government experiments, and the mysteries of the mind to create a world where taking a pill could mean taking lives.

Born in Georgia in 1983, J.M. Lanham spent summers in the foothills of the Appalachians surrounded by lots of woods, little access to power, and stacks of paperbacks to explore. Some of his influences include Michael Crichton, Stephen King, John Grisham, Philip K. Dick, H.G. Wells, Robert Ludlum, and Isaac Asimov, among many others.

Many fans of Lanham's work have compared it to technothrillers written by Douglas Richards, Dean Koontz, Blake Crouch, Douglas Preston, and Lincoln Child.

Lanham has been a professional copywriter for seven years, and now lives in Florida with his wife and two sons. When he's not working on his latest near-future techno-thriller he can usually be found within a mile or two of the beach.