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A speck of dust caused the young Stark couple to fall into the abyss. Sculptor Barney Stark and his wife Karen were looking forward to the birth of a new life, but they were accidentally exposed to radioactive dust caused by a colleague's experimental accident at the automobile company. The two of them had physical abnormalities, and the fetus in Karen's belly was also in unknown danger. What's even more frightening is that the entire city's hostility towards them has become increasingly fierce...

In 1979, Billy Milligan was sentenced to be transferred to Lima Hospital, a "hell on earth" designed for mentally disordered criminals. There, doctors did not believe that he suffered from multiple schizophrenia and gave him electroshock therapy and forced him to take various sedatives, which hindered the integration of his personalities. How did Billy survive? When can a personality that has initially been successfully integrated regain its freedom? A nurse cried and begged him to eat... His stomach was swollen, his gums bled when touched, and his vision began to blur. When he moved his hand away from his face, all he saw was the traces of his fingers in the air... He dragged his body to the sink and saw that his face in the mirror was yellow and yellow, with two deep black circles around his sunken eyes. He felt weak and weak and knew he was dying. His eyes started to darken, and he forced himself to take a sip of water. He felt strange, as if something was missing. He listened, but there was silence... Billy now realized that no one could break himself if he didn't break in the most difficult of times.

In 1977, Billy Milligan, a serial rape suspect in Ohio, was arrested by the police, but he had no memory of the crimes he committed. In fact, there are a total of 24 personalities in his body. These personalities are not only different in personality, but also in terms of IQ, age, nationality, language, gender, etc. How did these incredible personalities come about? Is he a liar who deceives the public, or is he an unfortunate victim? His father committed suicide and his stepfather abused him in every possible way. This made Billy eager to escape from the world - committing suicide many times. On the other hand, his survival instinct came to comfort and protect him. These two forces came together and tore Billy into pieces... When Billy closed his eyes, the guardian Reagan would come out to repel the abuser. 8-Year-old bearer David cries, lesbian Adalana, gangster Philip, professional liar Kevin, clown Leigh, workaholic Mark... A personality to bear his pain, a personality to express his happiness, a personality to protect his body, a personality to enjoy the care of others, a personality to learn to escape...

Adults with fangs, a little girl faced alone... Sally Potter still remembers the four dolls she had when she was a child: Nora - the calm, rational painter; Darry - the optimistic tomboy; Bella - the sexy and sultry genius of singing, dancing and acting; Jinx - the cold-blooded killer full of hatred for men. Not only are they Sally's closest friends, they are also Sally's saviors who help her escape her pain. Now Sally Potter is always dressed plainly and is an ordinary waitress working in New York. But she has ulterior worries. Ever since she was a child, Sally would get headaches and lose time whenever she encountered unbearable stress. As a result, she was unable to work for a long time, her marriage came to an end, and she was forced to leave her beloved children. Sally doesn't know that she still has four personalities in her mind: Bella comes when she meets a man; Nora appears when she needs to think about a problem; Jinx steps forward to deal with thugs... Taking a certain incident as an opportunity, Sally accepts treatment from psychiatrist Roger Ash. Roger is a psychiatrist with serious mental problems. His responsibility is to try his best to integrate the four split personalities in Sally. As the treatment proceeds step by step, the dusty past events in Sally's life gradually emerge. While Roger worked hard to integrate Sally, Sally also awakened Roger's inner passion for life. Confused consciousness, hidden years, unbearable nightmare chains, wardrobes, tomb theft, temptation, self-mutilation, becoming someone other than yourself, or dying...

The author of "24 Billys" is a classic about caring for humanity, winning two science fiction awards, the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award, and was highly praised by the science fiction master Asimov! It has sold more than 5 million copies in the United States and has been adapted into film, television and stage plays many times. Cliff Robertson, the leading actor in the first adapted film "Charlie", won the Oscar for Best Actor. In 2015, the Japanese drama of the same name starring Tomohisa Yamashita gained high reputation. This novel explores the physical and psychological changes of the mentally retarded protagonist Charlie Gordon and the white mouse Algernon after medical intervention. Scientific experiments claiming to be able to transform intelligence have made breakthrough progress on the white mouse Algernon, and human experiments are urgently needed as the next step. Charlie Gordon, a mentally retarded person with a kind personality and positive learning attitude, became the best candidate. After the successful operation, Charlie's IQ jumped from 68 to 185, but emotions and memories he had never had before gradually emerged. From a mental disorder to the strongest brain, he realized that understanding is the greatest cruelty. After the success of "Flowers for Algernon", Keyes successively released works such as "Sally No. 5", "24 Billys", "Billy's War" and the memoir "Algernon, Charlie and Me", becoming a writer considered by readers to be the best at describing human psychology in a medical setting.