There is a love story at the heart of the book, but you don’t really know it until the second half. My mind whirled reading this, and while the technical elements bored me a bit, and certainly confused the heck out of me, I really enjoyed it. That helped me make a bit of sense of it all, but only a little. Thank goodness it was told in four parts. Holy Ambition Batman! Blake, Blake, Blake! This book is an epic tale that took my breath away. Crouch brilliantly infuses his story with dire repercussions and unexpected moral upheaval, and leaves you wondering what you would do if you had the chance to turn back the clock.” -Mark Sullivan, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Private series and author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky Crouch’s innovative novels never fail to grip!” -Sarah Pekkanen, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of The Wife Between Us and An Anonymous Girl “Blake Crouch has invented his own brand of page-turner-fearlessly genre-bending, consistently surprising, and determined to explode the boundaries of what a thriller can be.” -Karin Slaughter, #1 internationallybestselling author of Pieces of Her And as its effects begin to unmake the world as we know it, only he and Helena, working together, will stand a chance at defeating it.īut how can they make a stand when reality itself is shifting and crumbling all around them? If she succeeds, anyone will be able to re-experience a first kiss, the birth of a child, the final moment with a dying parent.Īs Barry searches for the truth, he comes face-to-face with an opponent more terrifying than any disease-a force that attacks not just our minds but the very fabric of the past. It’s why she’s dedicated her life to creating a technology that will let us preserve our most precious moments of our pasts.

Neuroscientist Helena Smith already understands the power of memory.

Memory makes reality. That’s what New York City cop Barry Sutton is learning as he investigates the devastating phenomenon the media has dubbed False Memory Syndrome-a mysterious affliction that drives its victims mad with memories of a life they never lived.

a fantastic read.”-Andy Weir, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian “An action-packed, brilliantly unique ride that had me up late and shirking responsibilities until I had devoured the last page. Genre: Technothriller, Science Fiction, Suspense Thriller, Love Storyįrom the New York Times bestselling author of Dark Matter and the Wayward Pines trilogy comes a relentless thriller about time, identity, and memory-his most ambitious, mind-boggling, irresistible work to date. My Like Level: Just under 4 stars, well OK 4 stars.

My Copy Came From: NetGalley and the Publisher

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