He stood up, his hands shaking slightly, and pulled it from the shelf: Pharmacology, 4th Edition, 2012, Brenner & Stevens.

They are coming for my research. They want to weaponize it. A world where governments can erase the memories of dissidents is a world without history. I have hidden the master synthesis formula for the antidote within the actual, physical copies of the 2012 4th Edition. Look at the chapter on 'Drugs Used in the Treatment of Reversible Airway Disease.' Look at the margin notes on page 342 of the printed book.

The file name was cut off by the edge of the window. He clicked to open it.

Sterling felt a chill run down his spine. He remembered Elena. She was a brilliant researcher who had mysteriously resigned and vanished right before the project was shut down.

Sterling sat back, breathless. He looked over at his office bookshelf. Towering among dozens of heavy medical volumes was a thick, worn-out paperback with a blue and white cover.

They think I am studying the mechanisms of action. They see me in the library every night with the heavy, physical copy of Brenner and Stevens splayed open on the desk. They don't know that I have gutted the digital version. This PDF file is the only place I can safely write the truth about Project Lethe.