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After a routine evening in Chicago, physics professor Jason Dessen is kidnapped, injected with a drug, and transported to an abandoned industrial site. He awakens to find his wife, son, and identity utterly transformed: he is no longer a family man but a renowned genius who has achieved something impossible. Tasked with navigating this harsh, altered reality, Jason must confront a terrifying adversary while grappling with the profound question of which world—his own or this new one—is the true reality. The novel blends suspense, psychological depth, and speculative science to explore identity, morality, and the limits of human ambition.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: Blake Crouch
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