The Memory Exam

Set in a future world when the simple act of forgetting can be fatal, vigilante laws turn neighbors, friends, and colleagues into spies and informants. Three people in their autumn years covertly hire an expert who can coach them for the perilous Memory Exam. Failure is almost all but certain – but the coach has devised a method that depends on how well they can recall the specifics of their most enduring memory no matter how factual or fantastic.