The Cadaver Who Knew Our Names: A Novel

Six medical students. One cadaver. Their names hidden inside his chest.For Noah Kovac, the first dissection at St. Aldwyn Medical College is supposed to be uncomfortable, clinical, and unforgettable for all the normal reasons.Then his group finds something sewn behind the sternum of their donor.A sealed packet.Inside is a single piece of paper containing six names.Noah. Lena. Theo. Samir. Mara. Julian.Not only their names, but the exact order in which they are standing around Table Seven.The university calls it a breach of donor protocol. An administrative error. Something that will be investigated and quietly corrected.Then Noah sees the donor's face.He knows the man.Dr. Adrian Voss once worked at St. Aldwyn and had a connection to Noah's older sister, Eva, before her death.There is only one problem.Adrian Voss died three years ago.As records begin to disappear and questions about the donor lead deeper into the medical school, the six students realize that their assignment to Table Seven may never have been random.Someone knew exactly where they would stand.Someone placed the message inside the body.And someone at St. Aldwyn is willing to do almost anything to keep the past buried.The Cadaver Who Knew Our Names is a dark psychological medical thriller about six students, one impossible body, and an institution built to teach people how to preserve life while hiding what happened to the dead.The dead man knew their names.Now they have to find out why.