The Hollow Man: Dan Simmons

Jeremy Bremen is cursed with the ability to read minds. He can hear the secret thoughts behind the placid expressions of strangers, colleagues and friends: their dreams, their fears and their secret desires. His wife, Gail, has served as a shield between Jeremy ad the intrusive thoughts of those about him for years, allowing him to continue his work as one of the world's leading mathematicians. But now Gail is dying, her mind slowly slipping away and Jeremy is vulnerable and alone exposed to a chaotic flood of thoughts that threatens to sweep away his sanity. Now he is on the run, from his mind, his past and from himself, hoping to find peace in isolation, Instead he witnesses an act of brutality that sends him on an odyssey across America, from a fantasy theme park to the mean streets of an uncaring city, from a killer's lair to the gaudy casinos of Las Vegas and at last to a sterile hospital room in St. Louis in search of the voice that is calling him to the secret of existence itself. Cover art by John Jude Palencar.