My Soul to Take Author:Steven Spruill Spruill, who showed promise with Before I Wake ( LJ 3/15/92) and Painkiller ( LJ 4/1/90), continues in the vein of medical suspense. A microchip implanted in the brain can restore sight even to those blind from birth. The FDA will approve the microchip only if an experiment with 50 volunteers is successful without any devastating side effects. O... more »f course there are side effects: some in the experiment begin seeing the future in alarming ways. They seek out Suzannah Lord, a neurosurgeon involved with the implanting, who has been discredited by the head researcher. The CIA becomes interested, as does a criminal element, both with guns blazing.« less