Publisher's Synopsis
Lab Rat: A Reckoning
This isn't recovery. It's a reckoning.
What happens when every system designed to protect you instead becomes the weapon?
Lab Rat: A Reckoning is a raw, unapologetic memoir of survival against impossible odds-abuse, betrayal, medical trauma, systemic failure, and the long road to reclaiming your voice. James Heldt doesn't offer redemption. He offers the truth. The kind that scars. The kind that saves.
Inside these pages, you'll find:
A childhood shattered by violence and silence
A healthcare system that misdiagnosed, neglected, and nearly buried him
Partners who stole more than love-they stole safety, pets, and homes
A government file over 4,000 pages long... and still missing the full story
The resilience of a man they couldn't erase
This is not the sanitized memoir of an inspirational journey. It's the book editors fear and survivors crave. It's messy. It's honest. It's yours if you've ever wondered how someone lives through the unlivable.
Triggering? Absolutely.
Unforgettable? Definitely.
Hopeful? In its own defiant way.
Buy Lab Rat: A Reckoning and witness what survival really looks like-when no one is coming to save you, and you choose to stay alive anyway.
