Noah Miller has the perfect life, a future meticulously designed by his powerful father and a coveted spot at MIT. But behind the gilded cage of his existence lies a terrifying secret: he is not smart enough to be there. Drowning under the immense pressure, Noah is on the verge of losing everything when a strange, antique gift from the other side of the world offers a solution. A silver slide rule and a tungsten ring, relics of a forgotten tragedy, become his lifeline.

At first, the objects grant him impossible insights, transforming him into the genius he was always supposed to be and winning him the admiration of his peers and the love of Sarah, a brilliant architect who is drawn to his extraordinary mind. But the gift comes with a price. The whispers of elegant equations soon become the invasive memories of a sorrowful ghost, a brilliant engineering student from 1950s Shanghai with a tragic past and a desperate, fifty-year-old debt.

As the haunting escalates from a helpful whisper to a full-blown psychic assault, Noah realizes he is no longer alone in his mind. The ghost that built his success now threatens to destroy him, demanding a price that will force him to travel across the world and confront a history that is not his own. To save his soul, Noah must unravel the mystery of the man in his mirror, a journey that will cost him his career, his relationships, and his very identity.

Is the price of genius a bargain you can survive?